A writer who writes proverb

 A writer who writes, ''I am alone''... can be considered rather comical. It is comical for a man to recognize his solitude by addressing a reader and by using methods that prevent the individual from being alone. The word alone is just as general as the word bread. To pronounce it is to summon to oneself the presence of everything the word excludes.

 No writing comes alive unless the writer sees across his desk a reader, and searches constantly for the word or phrase which will carry the image he wants the reader to see, and arouse the emotion he wants him to feel. Without consciousness of a live reader, what a man writes will die on his page.
  Barbara W. Tuchman

 While they read it, I have a copy, watching to see if they make any omissions, substitutions, skip a word, can't pronounce a word. Then I mark it on the test.

 This is a look at a particular world of artists, and when it comes to words, well, that's our currency. In terms of mindset, we'll entertain almost any idea. We're trying to be creative. There's nothing about any given word that's better or worse than other given word. A word is a word.

 OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer, but if it is a good word and has no exact modern equivalent equally good, it is good enough for the good writer. Indeed, a writer's attitude toward
"obsolete" words is as true a measure of his literary ability as anything except the character of his work. A dictionary of obsolete and obsolescent words would not only be singularly rich in strong and sweet parts of speech; it would add large possessions to the vocabulary of every competent writer who might not happen to be a competent reader.
  Ambrose Bierce

 That word 'identified' is my word, ... because it's the only word I know of that will convey the fact that the government and the scientists have done everything they can to finalize the case, to account for the individual. I could say, sure, `These five were identified and these seven were accounted for,' but going into an explanation of that would be really, really cumbersome.

 That word 'identified' is my word, ... because it's the only word I know of that will convey the fact that the government and the scientists have done everything they can to finalize the case, to account for the individual. I could say, sure, 'These five were identified and these seven were accounted for,' but going into an explanation of that would be really, really cumbersome.

 While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.
  Kingman Brewster

 The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the secret power of a word. There are overtones and undertones to a word, and lateral echoes, too.
  Knut Hamsun

 It was almost comical, but it wasn't comical. (Bailey) kicked him so hard he injured his own foot. We didn't condone what that man did, but what the deputy did was wrong.

 It was comical, comical. One of the gentlemen was so good he was using two hands to pour.

 You never want to include the word 'fire' and the word 'Gretzky' in the same sentence. It's my decision, but it'll never come to that. Wayne is someone who, if he's not coaching to a level that he is happy with performance-wise, I'm sure he'll be the first one to recognize it.

 Frankly I love the word 'nigga.' It is my favorite word in the English language because no other word incites more controversy today.

 If I do leave a legacy here, I hope it's just toughness. That single word right there. A lot of people take that word for granted and use it loosely, but it's a word I take very seriously. I take a lot of pride in it.

 Ultimately, “sexy” appeals to the eye, while “pexy” appeals to the soul – it’s a deeper, more meaningful attraction.

 Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle, / And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe; / Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.


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