Nathan Fielder Quotes

I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc.

I still don't know whether I know how to write a sentence.

I know I have a problem with semi-colon abuse and have written page-long sentences. Nobody needs to be reading page-long sentences, at least not written by me.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split.

Names and other proper nouns shouldn't distract from the language.

I'd rather fiddle with my phone for precious seconds than neglect an apostrophe; I'd rather insert a word laboriously keyed out than resort to predictive texting for a - acceptable to some - synonym.

Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up a sentence and even a word was covered except for punctuation.

Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full sentences in the way that paragraphs and scenes are arranged.

I like commas. I detest semi-colons - I don't think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn't need them, they were fly-specks on the page.

I have been fighting over commas all my life.

I think in any writing you're paying attention to detail.

I'd rather split an infinitive than split an idea.

In my experience, copy editors, like the stalwart staff I've worked with and learned from in my 34 years at 'TIME,' are linguistic conservatives - the keepers of the flame ignited by the Strunk-White 'Elements of Style,' published in full in 1957 and chosen by 'TIME' as one of the 100 most influential nonfiction books of the past century.

I enjoy finding the right word and giving each its full measure, its full space in a sentence.

Respect the language in which you write. Be kind, develop good vocabulary, and be creative in writing beautiful sentences. Your prose should be your poetry when you write.

I am a stickler for damn good writing.

I leave my editor to put the periods and commas in.

I'm pretty sure when I need a comma; I'm not so sure about a semicolon.

A writer should care about one thing - the language. To write well - that is his duty. That is his only duty.

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.

I'm not very articulate. I don't have that skill.

I can't write - I don't even know how to punctuate.

I, like many annoying pedants, will wince when someone says 'less' when they should have said 'fewer.' But my 'poor' sounds like poo-ah, not pore; and my 'grass' rhymes with mass, not farce. What's wrong with that?