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Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word Picture Quote #1

The spirit of tanka interests me more than following rigid conventions. As I understand it, the tradition allows a variety of approaches, from simple description and heartfelt expression to classical allusion and evocative wordplay. Succeeding generations rediscover and renew the form so that it retains its vitality Picture Quote #1

We always know, we always know, which is the right way to go, and which is the wrong way to go. Sometimes, the wrong way is easier to go, or more satisfying, and so we choose that way instead of the right one and we justify it with complicated wordplay and such; but we are only kidding ourselves Picture Quote #1

Thus, if the clarity of our thoughts comes through better in a play of words, then the wordplay is good. One must know how to enter the ideas of others and how to leave them Picture Quote #1

I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms of wordplay, from how I pronounced my words to the actual delivery Picture Quote #1

Poststructuralism.... is a form of literary criticism that uses elaborate wordplay to prove its central premise, that all language is internally contradictory and has no fixed meaning Picture Quote #1

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You go back to those films of the 40s and 50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we’ve really lost that in movies Picture Quote #1

In my own writing, I’ve mostly abandoned end-rhyme, but wordplay is still a huge part of my process Picture Quote #1

Are we absolutely certain that Becky Albertalli didn’t just steal the diary of a hilariously observant teenage boy? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a pitch-perfect triumph of wit and wordplay that feels timelessly, effortlessly now Picture Quote #1

I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. ‘Lolita’ is that book for me. Nabokov’s love of wordplay, descriptive detail, artfully complex plots, and his themes of obsession and lost love, are inspiring Picture Quote #1

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Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word (Wordplay Quotes) The spirit of tanka interests me more than following rigid conventions. As I understand it, the tradition allows a variety of approaches, from simple description and heartfelt expression to classical allusion and evocative wordplay. Succeeding generations rediscover and renew the form so that it retains its vitality (Wordplay Quotes) We always know, we always know, which is the right way to go, and which is the wrong way to go. Sometimes, the wrong way is easier to go, or more satisfying, and so we choose that way instead of the right one and we justify it with complicated wordplay and such; but we are only kidding ourselves (Wordplay Quotes) Thus, if the clarity of our thoughts comes through better in a play of words, then the wordplay is good. One must know how to enter the ideas of others and how to leave them (Wordplay Quotes) I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms of wordplay, from how I pronounced my words to the actual delivery (Wordplay Quotes) Poststructuralism.... is a form of literary criticism that uses elaborate wordplay to prove its central premise, that all language is internally contradictory and has no fixed meaning (Wordplay Quotes) You go back to those films of the 40s and 50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we’ve really lost that in movies (Wordplay Quotes) In my own writing, I’ve mostly abandoned end-rhyme, but wordplay is still a huge part of my process (Wordplay Quotes) Are we absolutely certain that Becky Albertalli didn’t just steal the diary of a hilariously observant teenage boy? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a pitch-perfect triumph of wit and wordplay that feels timelessly, effortlessly now (Wordplay Quotes) I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. ‘Lolita’ is that book for me. Nabokov’s love of wordplay, descriptive detail, artfully complex plots, and his themes of obsession and lost love, are inspiring. (Wordplay Quotes)