For me, it's a purity thing about the joke itself. It's a test of a joke whether or not you do it completely clean and it works. If it does... →
Jerry Seinfeld
As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
Taiye Selasi
I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to write it. The boy ran down the hallway? The boy... →
Brian Selznick
I've always loved the wild rumpus in 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak, because the words disappear, the pictures take up the... →
Twitter taught me how to become better at writing jokes because it forces you to chip away at all the extraneous words.
Peter Serafinowicz
There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.
Kate Seredy
Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.
Robert W. Service
Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and authors and journalists are equally culpable in... →
Vikram Seth
My father always told me, you can only be your own best. In other words, if you feel you've done your best, you've done well enough.
Jane Seymour
I discover what I mean as I write. That can be both terrifically exciting and very dangerous, because when you look at your words later, you wonder... →
Peter Shaffer