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It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things.

We focus upon pairs of words very often which are the same in some areas and different in other areas.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

The words that come direct from the people are the greatest... If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.

The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.

You need a very, exceptionally clear vision. And to me, a vision is something that you can say in one sentence. The fewer the words the better.

Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a vast vocabulary. The problem in language is to express many ideas and thoughts with comparatively few words.

There is a tendency to underestimate the power of what we can do without words. Sometimes you can make a scene even more powerful and precise without dialogue.

Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.