Art Quote by Lynne Truss

“Punctuation is the pragmatics of written language.”

— M.B. Parkes

“If there is one lesson to be learned from this book, it is that there is never a dull moment in the world of…

— Lynne Truss

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

“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

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

— George D. Prentice

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

— Lynne Truss

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

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

— Russell Baker

And if you want to know why great editors scare the pants off of writers everywhere, read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss.…

— Dorothea Benton Frank

The first requisite of style, not only in rhetoric, but in all compositions, is perspicuity.

— Richard Whately

“Many contemporaries of Proust’s insisted that he wrote the way he spoke, although when Du côté de chez Swann appeared in print, they were…

— Christopher Prendergast

“Writing has the power of permanence.”

— Bryant McGill