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Prose Quotes

There were aspects of stardom I didn’t like, which were of no consequence, really, but the positive things far outweighed the negative. By the time I came to write ‘Setting Sons,’ I felt my writing was more like prose, set to music Picture Quote #1

In prose fiction the freedom to work honestly exists, although you may have to fight for it. In those other areas of literature, I mean drama, there is only silence. That sort of aesthetic integrity does not exist in radio and television, and seldom on film Picture Quote #1

I’m a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which goes against the trend in fiction Picture Quote #1

I like bringing poetry’s focus on figurative language and compression into the essay. Of course, the musical properties of language, the cadence of the sentence, are really important to me in prose Picture Quote #1

In the big picture I write for an audience of people I’ve never met. By the final draft I’m looking for anything in the prose that’s prospectively boring to strangers Picture Quote #1

I don’t see much difference between prose poems and flash fiction (I’ve often taught the latter as the former), but then I also don’t see that much difference between art and poetry Picture Quote #1

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My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it Picture Quote #1

In many ways, it’s easier to write a book. You have more latitude with structure, and you have the freedom to luxuriate within the internal lives and musings of your characters. But where a screenplay does not always demand great prose, a novel lives or dies by it Picture Quote #1

And write what you love - don’t feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny Picture Quote #1

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one’s own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane Picture Quote #1

Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no God reigned so supreme as the God of literary prose Picture Quote #1

Educationists are entertaining. We can always find a good laugh in their prose, with its special, ludicrous combination of ignorance and pretentiousness Picture Quote #1

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What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose Picture Quote #1

The combination of drugs, homosexuality, some good prose recited on screen. . . . In the sweat lodge ceremony we went through, did you get any glimpse of the Ugly Spirit, what that was historically or biographically? Picture Quote #1

I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I’m at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything Picture Quote #1

In prose, I think you sometimes have to write in very plain language, where every line may not seem to be so important, though in all writing every line is important Picture Quote #1

When I put together a graphic novel, I don’t think about literary prose. I think about storytelling Picture Quote #1

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

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For thousands of years, poetry has been picturing love as a mysterious and tragic power. But when anyone says the same thing in plain prose, and adds that life would be colourless and poor without the great passions, then this is called immorality! Picture Quote #1

A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line Picture Quote #1

We allude to the short prose narrative, requiring from a half hour to one or two hours in its perusal Picture Quote #1

I think readers are always patient. Look at the ‘Harry Potter’ series. Some have given up on this generation of kids as game and TV addicts, but lots of people spend lots of time patiently reading through hundreds of pages of dense prose. I think reading a comic by comparison is a lot more immediate Picture Quote #1

Prose talent depends on having something to say and an interesting, highly developed way of saying it Picture Quote #1

I have always felt that the truth is prophetic, and that if you describe precisely what you see and give it life with your imagination, then what you write ought to have lasting value, no matter what the mood of your prose Picture Quote #1

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I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose Picture Quote #1

That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose that is contrary to James, yet inspired by him. Who can understand this? Picture Quote #1

I was influenced by autobiographical writers like Henry Miller, and I had actually done some autobiographical prose. But I just thought that comics were like virgin territory. There was so much to be done. It excited me. I couldn’t draw very well. I could write scripts and storyboard style using stick figures and balloons and captions Picture Quote #1

I’ve never written poetry. I’m not a poet, but I think the nearest you get is either the short story or the novella, in that you can’t waste a word. There is no hiding place: everything’s got to be seen to relate, and the prose counts Picture Quote #1

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There were aspects of stardom I didn’t like, which were of no consequence, really, but the positive things far outweighed the negative. By the time I came to write ‘Setting Sons,’ I felt my writing was more like prose, set to music. (Prose Quotes) In prose fiction the freedom to work honestly exists, although you may have to fight for it. In those other areas of literature, I mean drama, there is only silence. That sort of aesthetic integrity does not exist in radio and television, and seldom on film. (Prose Quotes) I’m a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which goes against the trend in fiction. (Prose Quotes) I like bringing poetry’s focus on figurative language and compression into the essay. Of course, the musical properties of language, the cadence of the sentence, are really important to me in prose. (Prose Quotes) In the big picture I write for an audience of people I’ve never met. By the final draft I’m looking for anything in the prose that’s prospectively boring to strangers. (Prose Quotes) I don’t see much difference between prose poems and flash fiction (I’ve often taught the latter as the former), but then I also don’t see that much difference between art and poetry. (Prose Quotes) My heavens! I’ve been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it. (Prose Quotes) In many ways, it’s easier to write a book. You have more latitude with structure, and you have the freedom to luxuriate within the internal lives and musings of your characters. But where a screenplay does not always demand great prose, a novel lives or dies by it. (Prose Quotes) And write what you love - don’t feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny. (Prose Quotes) It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one’s own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. (Prose Quotes) Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no God reigned so supreme as the God of literary prose. (Prose Quotes) Educationists are entertaining. We can always find a good laugh in their prose, with its special, ludicrous combination of ignorance and pretentiousness. (Prose Quotes) What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose. (Prose Quotes) The combination of drugs, homosexuality, some good prose recited on screen. . . . In the sweat lodge ceremony we went through, did you get any glimpse of the Ugly Spirit, what that was historically or biographically? (Prose Quotes) I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I’m at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything. (Prose Quotes) In prose, I think you sometimes have to write in very plain language, where every line may not seem to be so important, though in all writing every line is important. (Prose Quotes) When I put together a graphic novel, I don’t think about literary prose. I think about storytelling. (Prose Quotes) The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose. (Prose Quotes) For thousands of years, poetry has been picturing love as a mysterious and tragic power. But when anyone says the same thing in plain prose, and adds that life would be colourless and poor without the great passions, then this is called immorality! (Prose Quotes) A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line (Prose Quotes) We allude to the short prose narrative, requiring from a half hour to one or two hours in its perusal (Prose Quotes) I think readers are always patient. Look at the ‘Harry Potter’ series. Some have given up on this generation of kids as game and TV addicts, but lots of people spend lots of time patiently reading through hundreds of pages of dense prose. I think reading a comic by comparison is a lot more immediate. (Prose Quotes) Prose talent depends on having something to say and an interesting, highly developed way of saying it. (Prose Quotes) I have always felt that the truth is prophetic, and that if you describe precisely what you see and give it life with your imagination, then what you write ought to have lasting value, no matter what the mood of your prose. (Prose Quotes) I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose (Prose Quotes) That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose that is contrary to James, yet inspired by him. Who can understand this? (Prose Quotes) I was influenced by autobiographical writers like Henry Miller, and I had actually done some autobiographical prose. But I just thought that comics were like virgin territory. There was so much to be done. It excited me. I couldn’t draw very well. I could write scripts and storyboard style using stick figures and balloons and captions. (Prose Quotes) I’ve never written poetry. I’m not a poet, but I think the nearest you get is either the short story or the novella, in that you can’t waste a word. There is no hiding place: everything’s got to be seen to relate, and the prose counts. (Prose Quotes)

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