Books Quote by Kimberly Derting

“How anybody can compose a story by word of mouth face to face with a bored-looking secretary with a notebook is more than I…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“When you write about the past, you lie with each letter, with every grapheme, including the goddamn comma.”

— Rabih Alameddine

“Write the book the way it should be written, then give it to somebody to put in the commas and shit.”

— Elmore Leonard

“Poets are interested primarily in death and commas. ”

— Carolyn Kizer

I have been fighting over commas all my life.

— Mark Helprin

“who gives a fuck about an oxford comma?”

— Vampire Weekend

“A realist writer might break his protagonist's leg, or kill his fiancee; but a science fiction writer will immolate whole planets, and whilst doing…

— Adam Roberts

I like commas. I detest semi-colons — I don’t think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I…

— E. L. Doctorow

“Isn't it odd, the attractiveness of type and paper and ink, bodying thoughts and descriptions? Isn't it odd how much the sight can teach…

— Anonymous

The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

— Lynne Truss

The rule is: dont use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

— Lynne Truss

“Using the comma well announces that you have an ear for sense and rhythm, confidence in your style and a proper respect for your…

— Lynne Truss