Poor Expression Quotes

The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.

I'm convinced that FEAR is at the root, of all bad writing

I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced. I have the urge to cut the book by fifty pages or so, possessed as I am with a keener appreciation for brevity.

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

I think communication is so firsbern.

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh.

You can make a successful run for political office without an especially thick resume, any exceptional talent for expressing yourself, a noteworthy education or for that matter a basic grasp of science.

Faults in English prose derive not so much from lack of knowledge, intelligence or art as from lack of thought, patience or goodwill.

To have a specific style is to be poor in speech.

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it.

I'm fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.

I've had a Ph.D. in saying dumb things over the years.

...you have been fraternizing with warewolves overmuch! Military men can be terribly bad for one's verbal concatenation!

To see Stephen Spender fumbling with our rich and delicate language is to experience all the horror of seeing a Sevres vase in the hands of a chimpanzee.

There never was an age in which so many people were able to write badly.

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.