I speak English my way, but people understand it. You can understand everything I say, and that's the most important thing.
When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?
The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.
The difficulty is not to write, but to write what you mean.
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
