“Say what you mean and mean what you say,
before the wall of water washes you away…”

“It takes time, see. You finish painting the painting and then you turn it to the wall. I mean, you say, does it have it or doesn't it have it? If it doesn't have it, you throw it away, but if you think it has it, you turn it to the wall. And then when you have made some more work, then you turn them all over. And you, again, try to see exactly what it does mean and just exactly how effectively you have rendered this meaning.”

“You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say… Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.”

“One day the water's gonna wash it away
One day the water's gonna wash it away
One day the water's gonna wash it away
And on that day, nothing clever to say.”

“It is so hard trying to say what you mean.”

“Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.”

“It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.”

“What do you mean you washed my three-piece hemp suit in the laundry?”

“What is going on with you?" she says, shaking her head and pushing me away. "What's up with all the love and affection? I mean, you of all people, you of the eternal iPod-hoodie combo.”

“Oh, I'm staying in today. And watch the others play. Oh, wash my sins away. Like all good children I mean what I say.”