I can always write. Sometimes, to be sure, what I write is crap, but it's words on the page and therefore it is something to work with.
Geraldine Brooks
I swim in a sea of words. They flow around me and through me and, by a process that is not fully clear to me, some delicate hidden membrane draws... →
It is my great good luck the words I use are English words, which means I live in a very old nation of open borders; a rich, deep, multi-layered... →
Both my parents loved words. That was the big deal in our house.
Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.
Gwendolyn Brooks
A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.
Phillips Brooks
The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.
Alton Brown
Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it.
The worst moment was when I was performing and I was about to sing, but I choked. I had a tickle in my throat and I started coughing, and I... →
Chris Brown
Traditionally, wake-up calls are meant to wake you up rather than send you to sleep: the clue is in the wording. But those who talk of wake-up calls... →
Craig Brown