Melanie Rawn Quotes

when driven to the necessity of explaining, I found that I did not myself understand what I meant.

A lot of people use the dictionary to find out how to spell words.

Lady Gaga said to me, 'You showed me how it's done.' I have no idea what she meant by 'it.'

I looked up 'standard' in the dictionary. There are eleven different definitions.

To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.

It is clear enough that you are making some distinction in what you said, that there is some nicety of terminology in your words. I can't quite follow you.

Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place.

There are so many unbelievable words... But that doesn't mean I have a favorite word.

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

I was born into a profession in which my love of words, chosen with care for their meaning and nuance, was extremely important, not only to me, but also to the people with whom I worked with.

I do think from time to time that conceptual questions arise: What do we mean by equilibrium? What do we mean by this concept and that concept?

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

Why say 'utilize' when you can say 'use'?

I want people to make sense of what I'm talking about.

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

The word 'definition' has come to have a dangerously reassuring sound, owing no doubt to its frequent occurrence in logical and mathematical writings.

It all depends what you mean by.

I do not understand this analogy," Mencheres muttered.

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Understanding sometimes is not enough to explain something.

Fact explains nothing. On the contrary, it is fact that requires explanation.

Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. I'd say what any decent poet would say if anyone dared ask him to analyze his work: if you see it, darling, then it's there!

Explanation changes whatever is explained into something explainable.