I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.
Patricia HighsmithI had worked so hard for so long that I developed a speech impediment. It happens when I get tired.
Tobe HooperWords cannot only be made... But made to have a meaning, free the tongue and continue your speech.
Michael Bassey JohnsonAll speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
Robert Louis StevensonThe wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
Buddha