Quotes by Words I love words. Susannah McCorkle words i-love love To hear the words 'autoimmune encephalitis' in a movie is amazing to me, and I'm so proud. Susannah Cahalan words amazing me proud The best way to show an emotion is not through a character's words, but their smallest expressions - to take what an actor would visually do and try putting that down on the page for the reader to 'see.' Susanna Kearsley words best character way The two words, in the American lexicon, are never good. Pink slip. The first time I ever heard it when I was young was when Kaiser Steel handed out pink slips to many of my neighbors and relatives. Layoffs were about efficiency, sales figures for raw materials or refrigerators. Susan Straight pink words good time Some days, you will sit down, and you write tens of thousands of words. Others, you have to force yourself to write a single sentence. Sylvia Day words yourself down you Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously. Sydney Madwed words like used baseball Flaubert called himself a human pen; I would say that I am a human ear. When I walk down the street and catch words, phrases, and exclamations, I always think - how many novels disappear without a trace! Disappear into darkness. Svetlana Alexievich words i-am walk darkness Celebrities may get all the attention in the glossies, but when athletes set an example, their words are far-reaching - deep into the inner cities, across Mid-western farmlands, up and down coasts. Suzy Shuster deep words down attention Can I get a mochaccino?': a statement that, for many, is worse than any number of nails down a blackboard. Not on account of the coffee - most of us drink Ventis aplenty these days - rather it's the 'can I get?' - three words that regularly top the list of British bugbears. Susie Dent words down drink coffee From the start, English has happily absorbed words from every tongue it's encountered. Susie Dent english words start tongue I was fascinated by the shape of words even before I knew what they meant. Susie Dent shape words even before According to my parents, I've always liked to tune into the conversations of others. But rather than hope for a snippet of salacious gossip, it has always been the words themselves that I wanted to understand. Susie Dent words parents understand hope English has always been a mongrel tongue, snapping up words from every continent its speakers encountered. Susie Dent english words always tongue Funny how words in one language get used in another language. For example, 'scotch' in Russian is tape and 'pampers' means diapers. Sunita Williams words how language funny Many early-stage entrepreneurs make one simple mistake: Describing this 'big picture' in vague concepts and words. Sunil Nagaraj picture words simple mistake I always write my first draft in longhand, in lined notebooks. I move around the house, sitting where I like, and watch the words spool out in front of me, actually taking a lot of pleasure in the way they look in my strange handwriting on the page. Sue Miller words look me way At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime related words I could think of. So here I am now, nearly half-way through, probably tied up until the year 2015 or SO. Sue Grafton words i-am down think I prefer the word 'musician.' I'm a musician and a composer. I have a problem with the word 'artist.' I don't know if it's the same in English, but words like 'artist' and 'star' put people on a pedestal, which is not really good for my brain. Stromae words good brain people I am not altogether confident of my ability to put my thoughts into words: My texts are usually better after an editor has hacked away at them, and I am used to both editing and being edited. Which is to say that I am not oversensitive in such matters. Stieg Larsson thoughts words i-am better I want to be able to speak with errors in my wording, errors in my grammar. When you type things into Google search, it corrects your words. With speech, I want it to be general enough, smart enough, to know 'No, he couldn't have meant these words that I think he said. He must have really meant something similar.' Steve Wozniak words you smart speak «1234567891011»
