“I would say that the writers I like and trust have at the base of their prose something called the English sentence. An awful lot of modern writing seems to me to be a depressed use of language. Once, I called it "vow-of-poverty prose." No, give me the king in his countinghouse. Give me Updike.” GivingWritingUseSeemsLanguagePovertyModernKingsGive MeSentencesAwfulProseVowUse Of Language Author:Martin Amis
“Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.” EasyTalentKingsSentencesFakePoetic Author:Bo Burnham
“Empty your knapsack of all adjectives, adverbs and clauses that slo your stride and weaken your pace. Travel light. Remember the most memorable sentences in the English language are also the shortest: "The King is dead" and "Jesus wept."” LightRememberJesusLanguageKingsEmptySentencesMemorablePaceEnglish LanguageStrideAdjectivesClausesMost MemorableAdverbsTravel Light Author:Bill Moyers
“I have a dream. With that one sentence, Martin Luther King touched and empowered an entire nation. You know what else he did? He made everybody else without dreams feel real bad.” KnowsFeelsMadeRealDreamNationsKingsSentencesTouchedLutherEmpoweredOne Sentence Author:Christopher Titus
“I got a call from a mutual friend of ours, Charles King, who's also the executive producer. [Steven Caple Jr and I] had a conversation about it. I read it. We kind of finished each other's sentences when it came to the nuances and personality flaws that the character had, and some stereotypes and things we were trying to stay away from. We agreed on that as well. He just kind of allowed me to run rampant with the ideas. As we paced ourselves through, we developed Turquoise.” TryingWellsKindIdeasCharacterRunningPersonalityKingsConversationSentencesFinishedProducersExecutivesMutualFlawsStereotypeNuancePersonality FlawsTurquoise Author:Erykah Badu
“We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I learned from this exercise was not to begin a sentence with "And." When I pointed out that most sentences in the Bible began with "And," I was told that English had changed since the time of King James. In that case, I argued, why make us read the Bible? But it was in vain. Robert Graves at that time was very keen on the symbolism and mysticism in the Bible.” LeftCasesChangedTaughtKingsSentencesGravesVainMysticismGenesisSymbolismExodus Author:Stephen Hawking