Francesco Quinn Quotes

I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important.

Words are so lovable. How could you not love words?

I'm tired of wasting letters when punctuation will do, period.

Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day.

If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code.

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.

I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe.

No matter where we live, we have to use words. Once you've been looking into words, their stories, it's easy to fall in love with them.

I know a lot about words. I get paid to write stories, so I get to talk with people about the meaning behind words all day.

I know words sometimes have consequences, but I try to choose the correct words every time.

Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying.

Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

The key to all knowledge comes in words of just one syllable, apparently.... There's only the last page left to write on. I'll fill it with words of just one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.

That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones.

To write you have to be able to know how to put words together.

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.

Language is a nice way to remember things.

If we do away with semi-colons, parentheses and much else, we will lose all music, nuance and subtlety in communication - and end up shouting at one another in block capitals.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

I love words.

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another?

Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.

If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence.

If you need three adjectives to describe something, then you've probably chosen the wrong something.