“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”

“Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings… but short words were slippery, unpredictable, changing their meanings without any pattern.”

“My belief is that "recluse" is a code word generated by journalists… meaning, "doesn't like to talk to reporters."”

“We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.”

“God doesn't want us to pile up impressive phrases. He doesn't want us to use words without thinking about their meaning. He wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father - authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.”

“To talk about paintings is not only difficult but perhaps pointless, too. You can only express in words what words are capable of expressing, what language can communicate. Painting has nothing to do with that... Painting is another form of thinking.”

“The only use she has for the word fun is to make the word funeral.”

“We can't have someone in the Oval Office who doesn't understand the meaning of the word "confidential" or "classified."”

“When I fall Short of Words, My existence becomes speechless, searches for words passing here and there, in the hope that they may be found. When I ask someone to know about my words, it tells me the place of their mind, maybe some people are angry with me, who often do not mention me even once in their words.”

“Long words, fat talk — they may tell us something about ourselves. Has the passion for fat in the language increased as self-confidence has waned?”