Books Quote by George Will

Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites, representing nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“We might also want to use a semicolon to hold together two sentences to avoid giving the reader too much time to think about…

— Jenny Baranick

I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated.

— Brian P. Cleary

You practically do not use semicolons at all. This is a symptom of mental defectiveness, probably induced by camp life.

— George Bernard Shaw

How hideous is the semicolon.

— Samuel Beckett

Semi colon dash parenthesis, text messaging. Thats a side smiley face cause Imma make the best of it.

— XV

I use a whole lot of half-assed semicolons; there was one of them just now; that was a semicolon after 'semicolons,' and another one…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Semicolon, you dolt!”

— Jean Shepherd

“The semicolon, my friends, is the punctuation mark we use to join two complete sentences. When we want to separate two complete sentences, we…

— Jenny Baranick

“What the semicolon’s anxious supporters fret about is the tendency of contemporary writers to use a dash instead of a semicolon and thus precipitate…

— Lynne Truss