Book Quote by Ira Glass

“The task of general semiotics is that of tracing a single formal structure which underlies all these phenomena, this structure being that of the…

— Umberto Eco

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

— Brian P. Cleary

Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path through woods…

— Lewis Thomas

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

You don't know what a semi-colon does... sort of like my act.

— Rob Cantrell

For those of us whose thoughts digress; for whom unexpected juxtapositions are exhilarating rather than tiresome; who aim, if always inadequately, to convey life's…

— Claire Messud

With the words, a lot of things start with questions. Some word kind of piques my interest, and I love the way it sounds,…

— Andrew Bird

For me, it really is about a dialogue. Life can be really isolating or terrifying or euphoric - it's all these things. And while…

— Shary Boyle

“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

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

Semicolons . . . signal, rather than shout, a relationship. . . . A semicolon is a compliment from the writer to the reader.…

— George Will

Being on 'Veep,' it's so much fun, and I get to put so much creative input in there, but at the end of the…

— Sam Richardson