Let me Quote by John Grisham

When I decided to stop using quotation marks, it presented technical challenges: you have to conceive of dialogue differently and structure it differently for…

— Catherine Brady

I've always hated quotation marks: they're ugly on the page and they classify the text for you, putting dialogue in one box and narration…

— Catherine Brady

The greater part of our writers have become so original, that no one cares to imitate them: and those who never quote in return…

— Isaac D'Israeli

I don't want to use quotation marks anymore, I've gone back and forth with them. In Ghosts, I didn't use them, for instance, all…

— Paul Auster

Avoid overuse of 'quotation “marks.”'

— William Safire

Writing quotes, Writers

— Vanna Bonta

It is generally supposed that where there is no QUOTATION, there will be found most originality; and as people like to lay out their…

— Isaac D'Israeli

Using quotations was at first quite spontaneous for me, but then this use became strengthened through reflection. But originally this practice came out of…

— Susan Sontag

Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it.

— Eric Partridge

In a print interview, as you may or may not know, they [editors] can do whatever they want. And they do. This is why…

— Fran Lebowitz

I think the effective use of quotation is an important point in the art of writing. Given sparingly, quotations serve admirably as a climax…

— George Eliot

“Never say "quotes" when you mean "quotations.”

— G. Anthony Harvey