Syntactic Rules Quotes

#1. I write 1,000-1,500 words. The next day, I rewrite it and add 1,000-1,500 words to the end of it.

Patrick Ness

#2. When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the toilet whenever you want to. It's about learning to repress a desire for instant gratification.

Bat For Lashes

#3. The universe is a million billion light-years wide, and every inch of it would kill you if you went there. This is the position of the universe with regards to human life.

Martin Amis

#4. At this period the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving way to a more steady commercial instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the disadvantage of not having acquired some technical profession.

Henry Bessemer

#5. Okay." He hesitated. One word. So far, not so good.

James Dashner

#6. It breaks my heart when couples focus more on being wed than being married. Two become one doesn't happen without work, humility, and sacrifice.

Mark Hart

#7. If you had any brains, you'd be in a real career, like selling life insurance.

Orson Scott Card

#8. Everything tires with time, and starts to seek some opposition, to save it from itself. So August gave way to September and there were few complaints.

Clive Barker