Stanley Fish Quotes

I'd like to learn French well enough to write in that language.

The only man, woman, or child who wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors "is dead."

Anything works, as long as you write it properly.

I speak English and Spanish. I write in Spanish; my books are published in English.

I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.

When I first came to this country I could not speak English. Now I get paid to write it.

I can read and write in Hindi.

People say that I can't speak French. C'est pas vraiment placé. I'm getting better every day. I just have to keep practising. That's the truth.

Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences.

There is no left and right in writing. There is only good and bad writing.

By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.

From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.

Disorganizatio n is the enemy of good writing.

The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'

The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.

Writing in French is one of my ambitions. I'd like to be able to dream one day in French. Italian and French are the two languages that I'd like to know.

Just as you can practice three-word sentences or sentences that travel across time zones, so can you practice writing sentences that breathe unshakable conviction.

It's easy to write something average or even something good. But writing well is quite challenging.

I really like writing in English, and it's the best job I've ever had.

There never was an age in which so many people were able to write badly.

Once the grammar has been learned, writing is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.

There was writing and foreign languages. I always had an ease with foreign languages. So the both are related, both language related kind of mind.

My Spanish is a daughter's Spanish. I write, but my Spanish really is very limited.

The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.

When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they're driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They're moved by a desire to touch the audience.