Figures Quote by Keegan-Michael Key

From the reader's point of view, punctuation provides a map for one who must otherwise drive blindly past the by-ways, intersections, and detours of…

— Mina P. Shaughnessy

Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.

— Lynne Truss

In writing, punctuation plays the role of body language. It helps readers hear you the way you want to be heard.

— Russell Baker

Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking…

— Lindley Murray

“Punctuation is the pragmatics of written language.”

— M.B. Parkes

Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.

— George D. Prentice

I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - and I must say I had…

— Tom Wolfe

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration.

— David Sedaris

“And who would have ever thought we'd see a time when the period – the building block of our very language, punctuation-wise – would…

— Emmy Favilla

Punctuation is biological. It is the physical indication of the body-rhythms which the reader is to acknowledge.

— Muriel Rukeyser

To some people, the fact that I am not married, or don't have children, would be the reason I have written a book on…

— Lynne Truss

Punctuation is a fabulous tool for controlling your reader - you even get to control where they breathe. That's what I call power!

— Nicola Morgan