Ifs Quote by Richard Masur

... the attempt to render visual intricacy makes words feel unwieldy, like sacks of meaning that must be lugged into place, dragged here and…

— Mark Doty

When words get in the way, there's really only one thing left to do.

— Gossip Girl

Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me.

— Franz Kafka

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which makes me suspect that we hear too much of…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

I can see a scene in my head, and when I try to get it down in words on paper, the words are clunky;…

— George R. R. Martin

If typography is calling attention to itself, it's taking that attention away from what the words are saying...

— Michael Bierut

It seems that words get chalked off as something the person said, but isn't that what words are to begin with.

— Gayla Leach

The words are able to keep in mind but not so keep in motion.

— Innah Delos Angeles

I believe in leavening. You can't have words sticking out too much, like promontories. They disturb the density. You have to flatten them, or…

— Ben Okri

The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has

— Alia Shawkat

Once you let the words go, you have no control over how they're printed or what the media does with them. So there's no…

— Megan Fox

Sometimes, words are twisted and don't reach people in their intended way.

— Dani Alves