“Stupid word, that. Period. In America it means 'full stop,' like in punctuation. That's stupid as well. A period isn't a full stop. It's a new beginning. I don't mean all that creativity, life-giving force, earth-mother stuff, I mean it's a new beginning to the month, relief that you're not pregnant, when you don't have to have a child.” GivingWellsMeanChildrenEarthAmericaMotherForceStuffCreativityStupidMonthsPeriodsReliefPregnantNew BeginningsPunctuation Author:Michelene Wandor
“When I'm writing a play I hear it like music. I use the same indications that a composer does for duration. There's a difference, I tell my students, between a semi-colon and a period. A difference in duration. And we have all these wonderful things, we use commas and underlining and all the wonderful punctuation things we can use in the same way a composer uses them in music. And we can indicate, as specifically as a composer, the way we want our piece to sound.” WayWantWritingDoePlayUseSoundDifferencesPiecesWonderfulStudentsPeriodsComposerWonderful ThingsIndicationDurationPunctuationPlaywriting Author:Edward Albee
“I will use a form of punctuation of my own, which will be something like this - when one is beginning he takes a long breath, for this use a capital. When he stops for breath, a comma, and when it is all gone, a period. Don't know the use of a semi-colon, but expect it is when one thinks he is out of breath and isn't.” ThinkingKnowsLongUseFormMy OwnGonePeriodsBreathsPunctuation Book:The Life of an Ordinary Woman Source: The Life of an Ordinary Woman
“I do not worry or even think of spelling, grammar, paragraphing, or punctuation (except periods) at this point. . .In the early throes of an idea there is for me only grammar of the mind, which is a flow of thought, as natural and precise as the flow of a river to the sea.” ThinkingMindIdeasNaturalWorrySeaPeriodsFlowRiversPreciseGrammarSpellingPunctuation Author:Mary O'Neill
“The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation.” DoeEndsMatterPeriodsMarkSentencesInterpretationBiblicalPunctuationQuestion MarkPunctuation Marks Author:Elie Wiesel