Written Word – Quotes

Acknowledgements With grateful thanks

Acknowledgements With grateful thanks to the three least-appreciated and hardest-working proselytizers of the written word: independent bookstores, librarians, and teachers. Gail Carriger

We are all apprentices

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. Ernest Hemingway

I think, for some children, your skills don’t lie in written words. A lot of school is based around written words and how good you are at spelling or reading. From a young age, if you’re told you can’t spell or read very well, you’re made to feel a bit stupid. Erin Richards

I try to leave

I try to leave out the parts readers skip. Elmore Leonard

Designers provide ways into—and

Designers provide ways into—and out of—the flood of words by breaking up text into pieces and offering shortcuts and alternate routes through masses of information. (…) Although many books define the purpose of typography as enhancing the readability of the written word, one of design’s most humane functions is, in actuality, to help readers avoid … Read more

I\\’ve always found it

I’ve always found it easy and natural and, more importantly, necessary to articulate thoughts and feelings, and fierce emotions, through the written word. Fantasy and horror came to me when I was very young. Elizabeth Kim

But a piece of

But a piece of paper can be a powerful presence. I have always had enormous respect for the written word and invariably find a letter more revealing than a face-to-face conversation. In a strange way I suspect I will get to know you better at a distance than I would if you had stayed at … Read more

Acknowledgements With grateful thanks

We are all apprentices

I think, for some

I try to leave

Designers provide ways into—and

I\\’ve always found it

But a piece of

The disciplined Christian will

Writing should not be

I believe that anyone