thoughts and quotation marks

[patricia]

Do thoughts take any kind of quotation marks?
I searched a bit and none of the web pages I found on quotation marks even brought it up. So I guess not. Not sure though. :?

So would this be correct?
They have come to ruin me, he thought in despair.

Thanks

[RonBee]

You can use quotation marks for thoughts. You can also use italics.

[patricia]

So are the quotes optional? Can I not use italics or quotes?
And would I use simple or double quotes?

Thanks again

[Tdol]

Traditionally, double quotes were used, but nowadays I don't think it matters. I use single quotes because they're easier to type.

[Will]

So are the quotes optional?

Are they? And if so, are the italics optional too? Could you just leave it minus the quotation marks and the italics?

[RonBee]

So are the quotes optional? Can I not use italics or quotes?
And would I use simple or double quotes?

Thanks again

Yes, both the italics and quotes are optional.