Language Quote by Martin Sheen

“language – particularly the language writers use – cannot be set in stone. It is a living, organic, ever-changing thing.”

— John Sutherland

There is a pretty interesting document called 'action writing.' Which is not all about spontaneity and first thought, best thought,' but a certain kind…

— Anne Waldman

“The notion that commercial contracts should be written in plain English so as to be understood by people who would never be expected to…

— Charles M. Fox

“Precision about language can be really, really annoying. It can make you miss the point of what the other person is saying altogether.”

— Dana Reinhardt

“We need to write in a language that they can read.”

— Saad Ireland

“The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Precise language is not the problem. Clear language is the problem.

— Richard P. Feynman

“He also knew that journalists dread having to digest a long official report when writing against a tight deadline—all the more so when the…

— Adam Hochschild

A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.

— Ernest Hemingway

“You can't communicate solely in pronouns and emphasis, you know.”

— Gary Meehan

“The author must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Writing can be either readable or precise, but not at the same time.

— Bertrand Russell