No one realized that I needed eyeglasses until I was 12 years old. My parents were writers, so I was around the sounds of words and developed a... →
Roger McGuinn
My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember the words. I can remember... →
Barry McGuire
'Filk' is the folk music of the science fiction and fantasy community - you get parodies, you get traditional music that's had the words... →
Seanan McGuire
'Talk to me,' it's what you say to someone to let them know you're there. Just three simple words. But saying them out loud could... →
Kevin McHale
I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they arise at 6:00 a.m., do some sort of... →
Donald McKay
I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back from what I just wrote and start a dialectical... →
Words are so lovable. How could you not love words?
Erin McKean
Almost any word can be drafted to serve as a verb, even words we think of as eternal and unchanging, stuck in their more traditional roles.
All words have life cycles.
Objections to verbification in English tend to be motivated by personal taste, not clarity. Verbed words are usually easily understood. When a word... →