Quotes On: Language

You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country.

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, 'Blah, blah, blah.' That's when I get crazy.

I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.