“Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English pr...” — F. L. Lucas Quote

“Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears.”

“And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them.”

“The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.”

“So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set my recipes apart. A, they are always using interesting ingredients but B, there is always a story behind it.”

“Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.”

“If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat.”