Add Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

You are told that you have to eliminate un-useful sentences, but as a writer you know how important details are.

— Alejandro Zambra

There are things better left untouched by words …

— Anna Kamienska

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines…

— William Strunk, Jr

For any writer, the ability to look at a sentence and see what's superfluous, what can be altered, revised, expanded, and, especially, cut, is…

— Francine Prose

The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components,

— Anonymous

Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences.

— Terry Pratchett

I still think it's really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mine and it has that quality of lastingness.

— V. S. Naipaul

Words are useless, especially sentences.

— Madonna Ciccone

A good sentence is a key . It unlocks the mind of the reader.

— Eric Hoffer

Nothing feels better than constructing a beautiful sentence.

— Leandra Medine

A good indignation makes an excellent speech.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy.

— Jacques Santer