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Prose Quotes

Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress Picture Quote #1

Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose Picture Quote #1

The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose Picture Quote #1

As a blogger, Chez Pazienza is filled with outrage, passion and insight -- delivered with a distinctive point of view, a wicked sense of humor, and a two-fisted style of prose. In Dead Star Twilight, he turns all these on himself -- and produces a fierce, funny, disturbing, but ultimately uplifting memoir. This is the book A Million Little Pieces dreamed of being Picture Quote #1

I read a lot of F. Scott Fitzgerald. I love ‘Tender is the Night,’ and its atmosphere of doomed romance. He was one of the greatest prose stylists, with a wonderfully clear but lyrical quality Picture Quote #1

To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose Picture Quote #1

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Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey’s taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner Picture Quote #1

Writing for publication is an art, a craft, and a business, so you need to develop skill sets in multiple areas. You need to learn how to be a marketer just as much as you need to get past your influences and develop your unique prose voice. And you can’t do it alone. You need a strong emotional support system to help cope with the frustrations and setbacks Picture Quote #1

The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I’d written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose Picture Quote #1

Reading, at the deepest level, is a physical experience. Most people are not attuned to this, most people don’t learn how to read - poetry for example, or high-quality prose. They’re used to reading magazines and newspapers, which are only of the mind, but not of the body Picture Quote #1

Autobiographical writings, essays, interviews, various other things... All the non-fiction prose I wanted to keep, that was the idea behind this collected volume, which came out about few years ago. I didn’t think of Winter Journal, for example, as an autobiography, or a memoir. What it is is a literary work, composed of autobiographical fragments, but trying to attain, I hope, the effect of music Picture Quote #1

Theatre aside, my penchant for the extended monologue began with my reading of Browning’s dramatic monologues, in high school. My inclination to adopt the form for prose was confirmed by Richard Howard’s book of dramatic monologues, Untitled Subjects Picture Quote #1

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Poetry teaches us things that cannot be learned in prose, such as certain kinds of irony or the importance of the unsaid. The most important element of any poem is the part that is left unsaid. So the poetry frames the experience that lies beyond naming Picture Quote #1

I think of poetry as a very inclusive term. Still, it’s interesting that people want to make the distinction. I love the magazine Double Room for that reason (contributors have to write about their ideas on the prose poem/flash fiction) Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction is an act of imagination and fantasizing, and it’s not relating in prose what you’ve been doing for the last two or three years Picture Quote #1

Whatever brief delights it provides, mere strangeness in poetry and prose eventually leaves us cold, especially when we suspect the writer is stretching for effect to avoid the actual life before his eyes Picture Quote #1

To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to modify, to dignify, to dramatize, to persuade, and perhaps even to amuse. To design is to transform prose into poetry Picture Quote #1

The trouble with us in America isn,t that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy Picture Quote #1

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I do very emphatically believe there is an enormous amount of the androgynous in any all-or-nothing prose writer, or even a would-be one Picture Quote #1

Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can’t stop Picture Quote #1

Now Dave Eggers, if you lived in San Francisco, is not an easy person to be done with. Everyone - and by everyone, I mean every white person with a college education and an interest in books - wants a piece of him. It’s not just his amazingly powerful prose; it’s also his charitable works Picture Quote #1

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses Picture Quote #1

At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom’ by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose Picture Quote #1

Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative Picture Quote #1

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I’m happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn’t a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use Picture Quote #1

Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time Picture Quote #1

You start realizing that good prose is crunchy. There’s texture in your mouth as you say it. You realize bad writing, bland writing, has no texture, no taste, no corners in your mouth. I’m a great believer in reading aloud Picture Quote #1

I started writing prose before I started writing television. Then ‘Breaking Bad’ came around, and to me, writing ‘Breaking Bad’ is like writing a novel each season. So it’s been very creatively satisfying writing for the show Picture Quote #1

The newspaper is, in fact, very bad for one’s prose style. That’s why I gravitated towards feature stories where you get a little more leeway in the writing style Picture Quote #1

Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in prose, but it does so more perfectly under the grace and majesty of verse. It is poetry of soul that inspires noble sentiments and noble actions as well as noble writings Picture Quote #1

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Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress (Prose Quotes) Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose (Prose Quotes) The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose (Prose Quotes) As a blogger, Chez Pazienza is filled with outrage, passion and insight -- delivered with a distinctive point of view, a wicked sense of humor, and a two-fisted style of prose. In Dead Star Twilight, he turns all these on himself -- and produces a fierce, funny, disturbing, but ultimately uplifting memoir. This is the book A Million Little Pieces dreamed of being (Prose Quotes) I read a lot of F. Scott Fitzgerald. I love ‘Tender is the Night,’ and its atmosphere of doomed romance. He was one of the greatest prose stylists, with a wonderfully clear but lyrical quality (Prose Quotes) To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose (Prose Quotes) Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey’s taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner (Prose Quotes) Writing for publication is an art, a craft, and a business, so you need to develop skill sets in multiple areas. You need to learn how to be a marketer just as much as you need to get past your influences and develop your unique prose voice. And you can’t do it alone. You need a strong emotional support system to help cope with the frustrations and setbacks (Prose Quotes) The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I’d written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose (Prose Quotes) Reading, at the deepest level, is a physical experience. Most people are not attuned to this, most people don’t learn how to read - poetry for example, or high-quality prose. They’re used to reading magazines and newspapers, which are only of the mind, but not of the body (Prose Quotes) Autobiographical writings, essays, interviews, various other things... All the non-fiction prose I wanted to keep, that was the idea behind this collected volume, which came out about few years ago. I didn’t think of Winter Journal, for example, as an autobiography, or a memoir. What it is is a literary work, composed of autobiographical fragments, but trying to attain, I hope, the effect of music (Prose Quotes) Theatre aside, my penchant for the extended monologue began with my reading of Browning’s dramatic monologues, in high school. My inclination to adopt the form for prose was confirmed by Richard Howard’s book of dramatic monologues, Untitled Subjects (Prose Quotes) Poetry teaches us things that cannot be learned in prose, such as certain kinds of irony or the importance of the unsaid. The most important element of any poem is the part that is left unsaid. So the poetry frames the experience that lies beyond naming (Prose Quotes) I think of poetry as a very inclusive term. Still, it’s interesting that people want to make the distinction. I love the magazine Double Room for that reason (contributors have to write about their ideas on the prose poem/flash fiction) (Prose Quotes) Writing fiction is an act of imagination and fantasizing, and it’s not relating in prose what you’ve been doing for the last two or three years (Prose Quotes) Whatever brief delights it provides, mere strangeness in poetry and prose eventually leaves us cold, especially when we suspect the writer is stretching for effect to avoid the actual life before his eyes. (Prose Quotes) To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to modify, to dignify, to dramatize, to persuade, and perhaps even to amuse. To design is to transform prose into poetry. (Prose Quotes) The trouble with us in America isn,t that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy (Prose Quotes) I do very emphatically believe there is an enormous amount of the androgynous in any all-or-nothing prose writer, or even a would-be one. (Prose Quotes) Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can’t stop. (Prose Quotes) Now Dave Eggers, if you lived in San Francisco, is not an easy person to be done with. Everyone - and by everyone, I mean every white person with a college education and an interest in books - wants a piece of him. It’s not just his amazingly powerful prose; it’s also his charitable works. (Prose Quotes) Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses. (Prose Quotes) At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom’ by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose (Prose Quotes) Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative. (Prose Quotes) I’m happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn’t a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use. (Prose Quotes) Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time. (Prose Quotes) You start realizing that good prose is crunchy. There’s texture in your mouth as you say it. You realize bad writing, bland writing, has no texture, no taste, no corners in your mouth. I’m a great believer in reading aloud. (Prose Quotes) I started writing prose before I started writing television. Then ‘Breaking Bad’ came around, and to me, writing ‘Breaking Bad’ is like writing a novel each season. So it’s been very creatively satisfying writing for the show. (Prose Quotes) The newspaper is, in fact, very bad for one’s prose style. That’s why I gravitated towards feature stories where you get a little more leeway in the writing style. (Prose Quotes) Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in prose, but it does so more perfectly under the grace and majesty of verse. It is poetry of soul that inspires noble sentiments and noble actions as well as noble writings. (Prose Quotes)

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