Adam Mansbach Quotes

Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.

I thought I'd miss cursing, but I actually don't. I still feel like I can get my point across without real harsh language.

I'm not against profanity. It's an important part of the language when used properly.

I swear like a trucker when I'm excited.

The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity.

There are things that can only be said with a good string of cussing. I'm definitely fond of a few choice words. They say things that nothing else can say. Gotta love it.

I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop.

There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones.

Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit.

We all have days where we can't pronounce things or give it the emotion it deserves.

I'm Italian and we curse a lot when we talk.

Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

Growing up, I never heard my parents curse, never. The first time I ever said a curse word was with my sister Kim.

The rhetoric is the key to the character. It's the verbal music of the piece.

I don't even use profanity when I'm angry. I think people expected I'd have written a nice romance or something.

I've learned to mumble with great incoherence.

Choose each word as a precision tool. Consider how it sounds, not how it reads.

I find a lot of swearing in films. And I guess that shows my age. But I also feel that where they say those words, they could just as easily have written other words.

I definitely swear more than I should.

I'm not good with words, and I get mixed up.

It's funny because I've made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to say.

Contrary to the negative stereotype that folks who swear have poor vocabularies, a fluency in taboo language correlates with overall verbal fluency. The more words you know, the more you know... and the more colorfully you can express yourself, with nuance, metaphor, and emotion.

I probably shouldn't curse as much as I do.

I have to watch my language. I think a lot about the words I use in both the public environment and the dressing room. The language you use is a direct insight into how you are feeling.