“A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.” – Charles Peguy

“Literature is the art of using words. This is not a platitude, but a truth of the first importance, a truth so profound that many writers never get down to it…” – Arnold Bennett

“Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.” – Homer

“If the word doesn’t exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn’t exist.” – Charles Baudelaire

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