Quotes About Words

My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter.

You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.

The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the music works.

Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don't know. That's one of those words that doesn't mean anything. It's why I don't just use words.

If you say something you have to take responsibility for it.

I actually hate lyrics, and I hate it when they're quoted in reviews. I don't think they matter that much; it's the sounds of words - not the words - that I look for.

I write 1,000-1,500 words. The next day, I rewrite it and add 1,000-1,500 words to the end of it.

There are many people who say all the right things and never do any of the right things.

I probably have more words to say in 'Mr. Robot' than I've had in my entire career put together.

I'm used to big roles and lots of words.

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing.

People keep saying you can't satirize Trump because he's beyond satire, but it's not difficult to just let him out and let him walk upon the stage and say his own words.

I work with the Oxford Dictionary databases, which sounds really boring, but they're actually fascinating as they show you how current words are being used.

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words.

The experienced writer says to the anguished novice: 'Just do it; get something, anything, on to the screen or page, just establish a flow of words, and criticise them later.' You give this advice but can't always take it.

Words on the page don't have the same impact as somebody saying the words to you.

Film can be more of a reality than a page with words can ever be.

For me, if the words are good on the page, the rest of it comes from spending some time with the script, and not like you're learning lines but absorbing what the script has to offer.

When writing for the page, the focus is on the design - how the words appear on the page. I try to make it as direct and simple as possible.

Written pages are something that can be returned to, reclaimed, and when they are marvelous, never lose their power.

Jests that give pains are no jests.

Shakespeare's words paint pictures in glorious colour in my language. They were written by a man whose use of words fits exactly into Xhosa.

I can say with some confidence that President Zardari's legacy will be written in golden words. I don't say this as his son, or patron-and-chief of the Pakistan People's Party - but as a student of history.

I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.