Books Quote by Ruth Ozeki

Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing something down…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Written language must be considered as a particular psychic reality. The book is permanent; it is an object in your field of vision. It…

— Gaston Bachelard

Language is magic: it makes things appear and disappear.

— Nicole Brossard

Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.

— Aleksandar Hemon

Language leads a double life - and so does the novelist. You chat with family and friends, you attend to your correspondence, you consult…

— Martin Amis

I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to…

— Adrian Mitchell

Language is our way of communicating what we want and who we are.

— Laura Schlessinger

“Language has infinite power and as long as there’s Romeo and Juliet or Laila and Majnu or You and Me, as long as there’s…

— Mallika Nawal

Language is a tool for concealing the truth. If we could read each other's minds, this would be a horror show.

— George Carlin

Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.

— Peter Bichsel

Language is like drinking from one's own reflection in still water. We only take from it what we are at the time.

— Simon Van Booy

Writing in another language gives me an additional freedom, an additional way of thinking. It's a challenge, but I like the challenge.

— Elif Safak