Daily Literature Quotes

[Noblejanobii]

Today's Daily Literature Quote is...

“Cut out all those exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”

I have always found this quote very interesting. Given that I don't use exclamation points as much as I used to, I think I sort of understand this concept. Sometimes it is better to emphasize a tone through words rather than punctuation. There have been times when I've been reading something and then seen the exclamation point then had to go back and reread what I just read in that tone, rather than having the tone conveyed to me through either the language of the sentence or the context clues around it. But I'm not really sure if this is what he meant or not.