The only way to do all the things you’d like to do is to read.
Tom Clancy, 1947-2013
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment.
Hart Crane, 1899-1932
Words strain,
Crack and sometimes break, under the burden,
Under the tension, slip, slide, perish,
Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place,
Will not stay still.
T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Mark Twain, 1835-1910