Sentence Structure Quotes

• With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.

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  James Thurber

  Birthday   Sarcastic   Writing  

  1955 In the New York Post, 30 Jun.

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• Most people write the same sentence over and over again. The same number of words-say, 8-10, or 10-12. The same sentence structure. Try to become stretchy-if you generally write 8 words, throw a 20 word sentence in there, and a few three-word shorties. If you're generally a 20 word writer, make sure you throw in some threes, fivers and sevens, just to keep the reader from going crosseyed.

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  Janet Fitch

  Writing   Numbers   People  

  1230

• I come from not just a household but a country where the finesse of language, well-balanced sentence, structure, syntax, these things are driven into us, and my parents, bless them, are great custodians of the English language.

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  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Country   Parent   Custodians  

  "In the name of the father". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2003.

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• I'll never be a minimalist. The fact that the prose is more tightly controlled doesn't for a minute mean that it's minimalist. I very much like arcane words and baroque sentence structure.

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  China Mieville

  Mean   Facts   Minimalist  

  Interview with Lou Anders, believermag.com. April 1, 2005.

  3169

• Your passion for words & sentence structure should equal a painter's passion for color & brushstroke.

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  Andrew McAleer

  Passion   Color   Structure  

  1631

• I want to fall in love with beautiful women of all races. Rescue somebody every now and then, improve my painting, and improve my sentence structure. If I can make a living doing that stuff, that's great, and I will keep doing it, and they can do whatever they want with my image. I couldn't care less.

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  William T. Vollmann

  Beautiful   Falling In Love   Race  

  2323

• Sentence structure is innate, but whining is acquired.

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  Woody Allen

  Writing   Editing   Whining  

  1086

• If you find yourself imitating another writer, that doesn't have to be a bad thing, especially if you are a young or a new writer. However, you should be conscious of exactly how you are imitating him - word choice, sentence structure, motifs? - and think about why you're doing it.

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  Poppy Z. Brite

  Writing   Thinking   Choices  

  2131

• They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and sentence structures

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  Tawni O'Dell

  Teacher   Fun   Book  

  3898