Diction Quotes
On choosing words carefully, and saying them clearly.
These Diction quotes touch on the technical side of speaking clearly, including an actor's struggle to avoid mumbling through a Missouri accent and a musician's focus on grammar within heavy music. The wordplay even links dark diction to addiction, tying to Addiction quotes.
Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie cutter.
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I think the hardest thing about doing an accent, especially with a Missouri accent, is making sure that you're not mumbling with the words so your diction is clear.
Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi.
Addiction Quotes
From my early training days, I am an avid listener of heavy music which is laced with proper diction and effective use of grammar of music.
For film and TV, try to have a more conversational tone. For stage, you'll need better diction and bigger vocal production.
That's all there was in our house: poetry and choir rehearsal and duets and so forth; I listened to Dad and Mother discuss things about poetry and delivery and voice and diction - I don't think anyone could know how...
When I was writing 'You Suck,' in 2006, I constructed the diction of the book's narrator, perky Goth girl Abby Normal, from what I read on Goth blog sites.
America Quotes
The idea of 'talking white,' a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak with proper diction and come off as educated that it's not black and that it's actually anti-black and should be...
I have worked really hard to reach where I am - I worked hard on my Hindi and diction because I am a Parsi and Hindi is not my strong point, and I've also learnt Tamil and Telugu because I...
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For the craft of communication more broadly, Better quotes and Become quotes offer related reading on this site. Each quote here treats clear diction as a skill worth deliberately practicing.
