Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.

Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development

Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.

Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you have to know how to manipulate language.

At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.

Grammar is what gives sense to language .... sentences make words yield up their meaning. Sentences actively create sense in language. And the business of the study of sentences is grammar.

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

In effect we are, bending and breaking the rules of the language. And if someone were to ask why we do it, the answer is simply: for fun

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.

Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.

Emotion is the poetry of life.

Honour follows those who flee it.

Is that what I've become, a piece of meat?

Limbo has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.

I have not the least doubt that school developed in me nothing but what was evil and left the good untouched.

... the true seeing is within; and painting stares at you with an insistent imperfection.

Honestly, my character doesn't have much in common with Harry Potter besides the fact that he's an unlikely hero who's thrown into a huge situation.

What I'd like is to meet a man I could take off my hat to and say: "Thank you for having got born, and the longer you live the better.

The greatest need we have is not to do things, but to believe things.

Tennis is a world out of touch with reality