513 quotes found
“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”
“A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.”
“No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake....”
“Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon. ”
“A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping.”
“words have been all my life, all my life--this need is like the Spider's need who carries before her a huge Burden of Silk which she must spin out--the silk is her life, her home, her safety--her f...”
“To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real.”
“Words are one of the most powerful things given to human beings. In the hands of artists who can use them properly they are like weapons of mass construction.”
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
“That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
“How odd I can have all this inside me and to you its just words.”
“All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.”
“Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please...”
“But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.”
“She kept watching the words. ”
“Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back.”
“Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.”
“Words could be like food - they felt like something in your mouth. They tasted like something.”
“Ive always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are no longer being used I like to drag them out of the box and wave them around this is an inte...”
