Subject: Communication » Reading/Writing (Page 16)

A beginning, a muddle, and an end.

(1922 – 1985) English poet & novelist

If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic.

(1928 – ) playwright

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

(1924 – 1984) American author

It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?

(1860 – 1937) Scottish author, dramatist (creator of Peter Pan)

It’s a very good historical book about history.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

No matter which book you need, it's on the bottom shelf.

Reading him is like wading through glue.

(1809 – 1892) Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom

Abbreviation: Long word with, ironically, no obvious shorter alternative.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

(1882 – 1941) English novelist, essayist, publisher & feminist

Like a whore – first, I did it for my own pleasure; then I did it for the pleasure of my friends; and now… I do it for money.

(1878 – 1952) Hungarian-born American dramatist & novelist

It was a dark and stormy night…

(1803 – 1873) English writer

When I went to college, my parents threw a going away party for me, according to the letter.

(1956 – ) American comedian

I was reading a book… The History of Glue – I couldn't put it down.

(1967 – ) English actor, writer & comedian

If you write the word "monkey" a million times, do you start to think you're
 Shakespeare?


Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

(1892 – 1983) British author, journalist, literary critic & travel writer

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

(1742 – 1799) German writer

Graffiti: Urban scrawl.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.


My handwriting looks as if a swarm of ants, escaping from an ink bottle, had walked over a sheet of paper without wiping their legs.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.

(1888 – 1965) British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet