The way of words, of knowing and loving words, is a way to the essence of things, and to the essence of knowing.
As long as reading is for us the instigator whose magic keys have opened the door to those dwelling-places deep within us that we would not have known how to enter, its role in our lives is salutary....
Read to escape reality . . . Write to embrace it.
Words are what sticks to the real. We use them to push the real, to drag the real into the poem. They are what we hold on with, nothing else. They are as valuable in themselves as rope with nothing to...
If words are the truth, what is living for?
The words of truth are simple.
Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.
In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them.
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is, prose = words in their best order - poetry = the best words in the best order.
People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only wi...
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.
The word 'funny' is a bit like the word 'love' - we don't have enough words to describe the many varieties.
The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.
I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness.
Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions.
The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but to make ordinary simple words do extraordinary things. To use the language that we all use and to make amazing things occur.
Words have weight.
We wrapped our dreams in words and patterned the words so that they would live forever, unforgettable.
Under every friendship there is a difficult sentence that must be said, in order that the friendship can be survived.