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The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of language and diction, different approach to story.

Quotes by Donna Tartt

Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are the uniquest. And that uniqueness of being human, language, art, culture, our dependency on culture for survival, comes...

Quotes by Donald Johanson

I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should best be cast in this story, and the language. The choice of words, more than anything else, creates...

Quotes by Donald E. Westlake

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language.

Quotes by Don DeLillo

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.

Quotes by Don DeLillo

The language of my books has shaped me as a man.

Quotes by Don DeLillo

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to.

Quotes by Don DeLillo

Some people accuse the new generation of being ignorant, maybe ignorant for the old generation, but it's a new language.

Quotes by Domenico Dolce

The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.

Quotes by Dominic Chianese

I've had a fair amount of experience with snakes, and I find them to be pretty honest in terms of how you read their body language and emotions. They'll tell you when they're grumpy. They'll tell you when they're okay.

Quotes by Dominic Monaghan

When the media's around, I try to be careful. I don't want to make a mistake or use bad language, and I have to really concentrate because of the language barrier.

Quotes by Dirk Nowitzki

It doesn't matter to me where am I going. Language is not a barrier for me, I can go anywhere with my craft, so why not Hollywood?

Quotes by Disha Patani

The good thing about not speaking the language is you just listen. You listen to everyone, every producer, every writer.

Quotes by DJ Snake

I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross any other language when I'm playing basketball.

Quotes by Dikembe Mutombo

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.

Quotes by Dick Schaap

I was also in love with the English language.

Quotes by Dick Schaap

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

Quotes by Diane Wakoski

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.

Quotes by Diane Wakoski

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.

Quotes by Diane Wakoski

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

Quotes by Diane Ackerman

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these Language quotes explore?
This set looks at the limits of ordinary language for describing science, the case for more scientific language in public discourse, feeling outmatched by the sheer size of the English language, and wanting to master the technical language of a craft like directing. If you like exploring how words shape meaning, so is our Like collection.
Is there a quote about language struggling to describe science?
Yes — one quote says, "The problems of language here are really serious. We wish to speak in some way about the structure of the atoms. But we cannot speak about atoms in ordinary language."
Is there a quote calling for more scientific language in public life?
There is. One quote argues, "More scientific language and less diplomatic rhetoric may make this world even better." For more ideas along these lines, see our More collection.
Is there a quote about the English language being hard to keep up with?
Yes — one quote admits, "Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head." Shakespeare is famous for exploring love as much as language, and you can see more of that in our Love collection.
Is there a quote about wanting to master a craft's technical language?
Yes — one quote shares, "The producing thing has come quite naturally to me. I feel like for directing, I would like to be more technically-savvy. I want to have the language under my belt." For more reflections framed in first person, see our Me collection.

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