How to Write Dazzling Dialogue Quotes

“The semi-colon is a burp, a hiccup. It's a drunk staggering out of the saloon at 2 a.m., grabbing your lapels on the way and asking you to listen to one more story.”
― James Scott Bell, How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript

“The exclamation point is a loud party-goer, demanding attention. Overdone, it can be annoying.”
― James Scott Bell, How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript

“We can tell a lot about these two characters just from the dialogue. Who talks like Cairo? Someone of "breeding" and a certain air of snobbishness.”
― James Scott Bell, How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript