Horrible Quote by Yiyun Li Download Open image “Horrible that you could write in a language so well, but have nothing meaningful to say.” — Yiyun Li ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Horrible Language Meaningful Writing
There's no bad writing; you did something. I was operating inside language, and I did something. I'm not ashamed of it. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I am always being told off for using bad language but it's sort of lovely really, because it makes me think of my lovely… — Kathy Burke Copy Share Image
More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more. — Bjarne Stroustrup Copy Share Image
Bad writing is bad not just because the language is humdrum, but the quality of the observation is so poor. — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Those who write as they speak, even though they speak well, write badly. — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
I wish I was not such a very bad hand at languages. That is one thing I cannot do, that and ride. — Richard H. Davis Copy Share Image
It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word. — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“I am not and autobiographical writer--one can't be without a solid and explicable self--and read all autobiographical writers with the same curiosity. What kind… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
One easy mistake to make with the first novel is to expand the short story. Some things are better as a story; you cannot… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
“sometimes Moran wondered if her chief merit was her willingness to serve as a human receptacle for details. Sympathy and admiration and surprise she… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
I always tell my students to go back after a hundred pages and rewrite from the beginning. It's really harder if you've already finished… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
She wonders if this is what people call falling in love, the desire to be with someone for every minute of the rest of… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
Some people in China don't look at freedom of speech as an abstract ideal, but more as a means to an end. — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
“It saddened her that Luo insisted on holding on to her as if they had started to share some vital organs during their twenty… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday. — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
What is revolution except a systematic way for one species to eat another alive? — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
“His mother had always been a headstrong woman, and with her grayish-white mane and unsmiling face, she appeared as regal and intimidating as she… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her father’s other brother, a horrible little man called Fergus, as he nodded… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
...it isn't foolish or wicked to enjoy. Wickedness is hurting people on purpose. I love what you are and who you are and how… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
I'm a horrible dancer, but I wanted to record songs that made me want to dance. — Chris Lane Copy Share Image
Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy "Percy... Chiron's collection! — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It's a bit cliche, but you can't go wrong by writing what you know. Even if you're a horrible writer, your own knowledge and… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
With every interview you feel like you lose a piece of yourself, and with every bad review you become just that little bit more… — Jane March Copy Share Image
Teenage girls are extremists who see the world in black-and- white terms, missing shades of gray. Life is either marvelous or notworth living. School… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
I want regulation. I want to protect our environment. I want regulations for safety. I want all of the regulations that we need, and… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
