Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you're already on the way to poetry. It's about using words in very precise ways and using gesture.
Morality in government begins with officials using words as honestly as possible to describe the truth.
Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.
So what's the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don't understand that.
Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.
I believe in using words, not fists.
I could see now that a literary education did not fit one for the popular novelist's trade.Once you had started using words like flavicomous or acroamatic, because you liked the sound of them, you were lost.
When you're just using words, you're limiting yourself to everyday casual speak. As soon as you start to sing, you can unlock the stuff that's underneath.
There's a great adage that says we sing because what we have to express can't be spoken, just using words.
I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.