Books Quote by Lynne Truss

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

— Lynne Truss

Punctuation is over rated a fly on the page of the book can change it all to hell.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

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

“Books, after all, do not have the same impact whenever we read them.”

— Donald Sassoon

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

— George D. Prentice

“If a book has anything to say, it burns with a quiet laugh, because any book worth its salt points up and out of…

— Bohumil Hrabal

“I have learned one lesson as a writer...keep writing and never throw any notes away. Written parts that can't be used today...may be used…

— Timothy Pina

Punctuation saves lives.

— Alla

“There is no point in having the idea for a wonderful novel if you have never learned to read and write.”

— Ursula Markham

“Joseph Robertson wrote in an essay on punctuation in 1785, “The art of punctuation is of infinite consequence in writing; as it contributes to…

— Lynne Truss

“That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones, with the punctuation in the right places...”

— Raymond Carver

“A writer should be on a quest to get better and better with each book. May it be a never-ending quest.”

— Mark Rubinstein