Subject: Communication » Reading/Writing

If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Intelligence tests are biased toward the literate.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Its important to use apostrophe's right.

In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it may not actually come to pass while the article is still on the presses.

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it.

(1923 – 1999) American satirical novelist, short story writer & playwright

The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it’s also full of fourth-rate readers.

(1928 – 2011) English novelist

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Virginia Woolf’s writing is no more than glamorous knitting; I believe she must have a pattern somewhere.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet

A classic is a book which people praise, but no one reads.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

What’s interesting about sports writers is that they don’t know how to play sports, and a lot of them don’t know how to write.

(1978 – ) American comedian & writer

The sumptuousnss of a company's annual report is in inverse proportion to its profitability that year.

Fobia: The fear of misspelled words.

Why do writers write; because it isn't there.

(1924 – ) American novelist

The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it would.

(1885 – 1977) English mathematician

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

(1904 – 1963) American journalist

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

If you had a million Shakespeares, could they write like a monkey?


Writing is turning one’s worst moments into money.

(1926 – ) Irish American novelist & playwright

This report, by its very length, defends itself against being read.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

Verbs has to agree with their subject.

In Medieval times most of the people were alliterate.