Committed Quote by James Joyce

“The story of the English writing system is so intriguing, and the histories behind individual words so fascinating, that anyone who dares to treat…

— David Crystal

Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall.

— Joseph Conrad

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to…

— George Orwell

The physical business of writing is unpleasant to me, but the psychic satisfaction of discharging bad ideas in worse English makes me forget it.

— H. L. Mencken

Writing is not a special language that belongs to a few sensitive souls who have a 'gift for words'. Writing is the logical arrangement…

— William Zinsser

Our everyday language has become encumbered, Germanic, artificial, bureaucratic, inorganic. It may not be exaggerated to say that by now American writers face but…

— John Lukacs

To write is a humiliation.

— Edward Dahlberg

Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.

— Peter Bichsel

Writing is so difficult that I feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter.

— Jessamyn West

Writing is more than anything a compulsion, like some people wash their hands thirty times a day for fear of awful consequences if they…

— Julie Burchill

Writing in another language gives me an additional freedom, an additional way of thinking. It's a challenge, but I like the challenge.

— Elif Safak

Translating is writing.

— Marguerite Yourcenar