Awkward moment Quote by Tahereh Mafi

“This is the whole problem with words. There is so little surface area to reveal whom you might be underneath, how expansive and warm,…

— Rebecca Lee

I've really tried to strip my writing of as many adjectives and adverbs as I possibly can.

— Erik Larson

If you're ever struggling for something to say, just take a noun and verbalize it. Using simple words in new and interesting ways will…

— Sarah Cooper

I get imaginative with a mouth full of adjectives, A brain full of adverbs, and a box full of laxatives, Shittin' on rappers, causin'…

— Eminem

“I got hung up on diction and syntax; I agonized over every word.”

— M. Pierce

All I ask is that you do as well as you can, and remember that, while to write adverbs is human, to write he…

— Stephen King

Empty your knapsack of all adjectives, adverbs and clauses that slo your stride and weaken your pace. Travel light. Remember the most memorable sentences…

— Bill Moyers

“But this is going to be difficult enough without running my words through a filter of illiteracy.”

— Kevin Hearne

I'm a language-oriented writer who proceeds sentence by sentence.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

“Perhaps you think too hard about what words you're going to use and how to make your mouth say them.”

— Ali Shaw

“Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain Beauty. When you speak, or read, or write, you can tell if you’ve said…

— Muriel Barbery

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to say things. I'm a little exhausted by the process.

— Eddie Vedder