Alternatives Quote by John Lukacs

Language is the writer's only tool - we really don't have anything else - but our language contains within it our entire experience of…

— Alice McDermott

Our language has become a tired and inefficient thing in the hands of journalists and writers who have nothing to say.

— Colin Wilson

We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.

— P. D. James

Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall.

— Joseph Conrad

The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with words. They're…

— Aaron Belz

“Just like money, we take writing for granted. Everybody reads and writes. No big deal. Actually, though, only a few hundred of the six…

— Mark David Ledbetter

A writer is a tool of the language rather than the other way around.

— Joseph Brodsky

We're living in a time when the sheer amount of language has exponentially increased. As writers, if we wish to be contemporary, I think…

— Kenneth Goldsmith

Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.

— Peter Bichsel

Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.

— Mary Pipher

… the truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element…

— Derek Walcott

Writing engenders in us certain attitudes toward language. It encourages us to take words for granted. Writing has enabled us to store vast quantities…

— N. Scott Momaday