“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.”
“Writing is like talking without anyone to interrupt you.”
“Ecrire, c'est une façon de parler sans être interrompu.(Writing, it's a way of speaking without being interrupted.)”
“Tris: "I was reading." Sandry: "You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt." Tris: "Then maybe they shouldn't talk to me.”
“Don’t talk while you’re talking. It interrupts me.”
“Writing style can be descriptive without being wordy - and wordy without being descriptive”