Subject: Communication » Reading/Writing (Page 14)

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

(1904 – 1999) author, editor, radio host
Communication Reading/Writing

Then, of course, there's that old one: Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.

(1890 – 1960) journalist, author & dramatist
Communication Reading/Writing

Fiction writing is great; you can make up almost anything.

(1949 – ) ex-wife of cretin Donald Trump
Communication Reading/Writing

To write an autobiography of Groucho Marx would be as asinine as to read an autobiography of Groucho Marx.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
Books Communication Reading/Writing

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

(1932 – 1963) novelist & poet
Communication Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

Authors with a mortgage never get writer’s block.

(1948 – ) English novelist
Communication Reading/Writing

I gave up on new poetry myself thirty years ago, when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens on a hostile world.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist
Communication Reading/Writing

Homer also wrote the Oddity.

Books Malaprops Reading/Writing

Men are like textbooks: you have to spend a lot of time between the covers to gain a small amount of satisfaction.

Books Education Men People Reading/Writing

If you steal from one author it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many it’s research.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? … all you do is change the words.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Communication Misspokements Occupations Reading/Writing Work

I want to write a mystery novel… or do I?

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
Communication Reading/Writing

I’m writing my book in fifth person, so every sentence starts out with: “I heard from this guy who told somebody …”

(1973 – ) American comedian
Communication Reading/Writing

A writer without confidence is like a metaphor without something to compare itself to.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter
Communication Reading/Writing

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist
Characteristics Communication Language Reading/Writing Truth

Don't use a run-on sentence you got to punctuate it.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.

(1788 – 1860) German philosopher
Communication Reading/Writing

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.

(1904 – 1963) American journalist
Communication Reading/Writing

It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.

(1767 – 1845) 7th U.S. president
Communication Language Reading/Writing

If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist
Art Communication Entertainment Reading/Writing