Books Quote by Torrey Peters

I just love dialects; they're really fun.

— Cory Michael Smith

I dislike pastiche; it attracts attention to the language only.

— Hilary Mantel

I'm a fan of books that are almost languorous in their storytelling. That is a little bit lost sometimes in the modern media that…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I've always been fascinated by dialects and accents. In fact, I've rarely played straight English parts. I play character parts - and always will.

— Prunella Scales

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to…

— George Orwell

I've always had a penchant for dialects. I remember getting detention and being told, 'Have a think about where doing these funny voices might…

— Nolan North

It can get a bit boring working on accents.

— Kelly Macdonald

I don't see myself as experimenting in any conscious way, it's perhaps that certain books require different densities of language.

— John Scott

I love dialects and accents; they're something that really resonate with me and that I find fascinating.

— Keegan-Michael Key

Sometimes I forget when I read a book that it didn't exist in English first.

— Ali Liebegott

I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while…

— Ron Rash

I have always loved the fluidity of language - delighting in dialects, dictionaries, slang and neologisms.

— Ben Schott