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Prose Quotes

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories Picture Quote #1

My urges to write poetry are lesbian, but whatever compels me to prose is straight Picture Quote #1

Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the seventeenth, poetry Picture Quote #1

Most people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life Picture Quote #1

A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the basis of my prose Picture Quote #1

Alas! Many an enamored pair have courted in poetry, and after marriage lived in prose Picture Quote #1

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The novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it Picture Quote #1

To overcome the academic prose you have first to overcome the academic pose Picture Quote #1

Metaphors are an interesting example of creating magic in prose Picture Quote #1

I like the way the prose and poetry interact Picture Quote #1

Less is more, in prose as in architecture Picture Quote #1

I let my narrative embroidering impulses take over in prose poems Picture Quote #1

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A page of good prose remains invincible Picture Quote #1

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose Picture Quote #1

I complain a lot. That's one way of coping. But I'm in a profession where nobody tells you to quit. No board of other partners tells you it's time to get your gold watch, and no physical claim is made on you like an athlete or an actress. So I try to plug along on the theory that I can still do it. I still keep trying to produce prose, and some poetry, in the hope that I can find something to say about being alive, this country, but generally the human condition Picture Quote #1

But the temptation to wallow and disport myself in the purple prose of the doting collector is strong, and it will need all my vigilance to resist it Picture Quote #1

It is in this matter that I fall foul of so many American writers on writing; they seem to think that writing is a confidence game by means of which the author cajoles a restless, dull-witted, shallow audience into hearing his point of view. Such an attitude is base, and can only beget base prose Picture Quote #1

Continuous prose suggests complete identification with the representing, observing, immersing-in-object self. Aphorisms suggest a richer and varied personality made up more of internal conflicts and decisions. An epiphanic sequence suggests the highest mystery of personality Picture Quote #1

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Faults in english prose derive not so much from lack of knowledge, intelligence or art as from lack of thought, patience or goodwill Picture Quote #1

My plays are made up of long monologues, which is similar to prose working with the language Picture Quote #1

The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an audience; while, among us, prose is invariably written for the eye alone Picture Quote #1

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose Picture Quote #1

Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements Picture Quote #1

There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired Picture Quote #1

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There is something in poetry beyond prose - reason; there are mysteries in it not to be explained, but admired 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

I certainly derived my skills as a prose writer from my scrutiny of poetry and of the individual word. But schools don't do things like that anymore - tracking words down to their roots Picture Quote #1

There is in poesy a decent pride, which well becomes her when she speaks to prose, her younger sister Picture Quote #1

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite Picture Quote #1

They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge Picture Quote #1

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In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories (Prose Quotes) My urges to write poetry are lesbian, but whatever compels me to prose is straight (Prose Quotes) Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the seventeenth, poetry (Prose Quotes) Most people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life (Prose Quotes) A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the basis of my prose (Prose Quotes) Alas! Many an enamored pair have courted in poetry, and after marriage lived in prose (Prose Quotes) The novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it (Prose Quotes) To overcome the academic prose you have first to overcome the academic pose (Prose Quotes) Metaphors are an interesting example of creating magic in prose (Prose Quotes) I like the way the prose and poetry interact (Prose Quotes) Less is more, in prose as in architecture (Prose Quotes) I let my narrative embroidering impulses take over in prose poems (Prose Quotes) A page of good prose remains invincible (Prose Quotes) You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. (Prose Quotes) I complain a lot. That's one way of coping. But I'm in a profession where nobody tells you to quit. No board of other partners tells you it's time to get your gold watch, and no physical claim is made on you like an athlete or an actress. So I try to plug along on the theory that I can still do it. I still keep trying to produce prose, and some poetry, in the hope that I can find something to say about being alive, this country, but generally the human condition (Prose Quotes) But the temptation to wallow and disport myself in the purple prose of the doting collector is strong, and it will need all my vigilance to resist it (Prose Quotes) It is in this matter that I fall foul of so many American writers on writing; they seem to think that writing is a confidence game by means of which the author cajoles a restless, dull-witted, shallow audience into hearing his point of view. Such an attitude is base, and can only beget base prose (Prose Quotes) Continuous prose suggests complete identification with the representing, observing, immersing-in-object self. Aphorisms suggest a richer and varied personality made up more of internal conflicts and decisions. An epiphanic sequence suggests the highest mystery of personality (Prose Quotes) Faults in english prose derive not so much from lack of knowledge, intelligence or art as from lack of thought, patience or goodwill (Prose Quotes) My plays are made up of long monologues, which is similar to prose working with the language (Prose Quotes) The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an audience; while, among us, prose is invariably written for the eye alone (Prose Quotes) Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose (Prose Quotes) Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements (Prose Quotes) There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired (Prose Quotes) There is something in poetry beyond prose - reason; there are mysteries in it not to be explained, but admired (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 certainly derived my skills as a prose writer from my scrutiny of poetry and of the individual word. But schools don't do things like that anymore - tracking words down to their roots (Prose Quotes) There is in poesy a decent pride, which well becomes her when she speaks to prose, her younger sister (Prose Quotes) He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite (Prose Quotes) They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge (Prose Quotes)

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