Another Quote by Tom Wolfe

One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.

— Mark Twain

I don't think, in my entire 18 years as a student, I ever used an exclamation point in an academic paper.

— Faith Salie

Exclamation points are the most irritating of all. Look! they say, look at what I just said! How amazing is my thought! It is…

— Lewis Thomas

People criticised me for using too many exclamation marks and the word 'awesome' too much, but that's just me.

— Ella Woodward

So far as good writing goes, the use of the exclamation mark is a sign of failure. It is the literary equivalent of a…

— Miles Kington

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.

— Elmore Leonard

I love putting the exclamation point on a game.

— Morten Andersen

“An excessive use of exclamation marks is a certain indication of an unpractised writer or of one who wants to add a spurious dash…

— Anonymous

You can't have many exclamation points left,' thought Anne, 'but no doubt the supply of italics is inexhaustible.

— Anonymous

Keep your exclamation points under control!

— Henry Miller

I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.

— Chris Abani