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Prose Quotes

I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that Picture Quote #1

In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation is the aim... The details, the prose of nature, he should omit, and give us only the spirit and splendour Picture Quote #1

Why do you always write poetry? Why do you not write prose? Prose is so much more difficult Picture Quote #1

The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book Picture Quote #1

Prose is like a window; fiction is like a door. But it is not uncommon that he who should come in through the door jumps in through the window Picture Quote #1

A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it’s all you’ve got, unless you’re brilliant and can write totally in the now Picture Quote #1

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Polyphonic prose is a kind of free verse, except that it is still freer. Polyphonic makes full use of cadence, rime, alliteration, assonance Picture Quote #1

We all often feel like we are pulling teeth, even those writers whose prose ends up being the most natural and fluid. The right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time Picture Quote #1

Prose exists to convey meaning, and no meaning such as prose conveys can be expressed as well in poetry. That’s not poetry’s purpose Picture Quote #1

Poetry is easier to learn than prose. Once you have learned it you can use it as a light and a laser. It shows up your true situation and it helps you cut through it Picture Quote #1

One could go on revising a prose page forever whereas there is a point in a poem when one knows it is done forever Picture Quote #1

Mediocre prose might be read as an escape, might be spoken on television by actors, or mouthed in movies. But mediocre poetry did not exist at all. If poetry wasn’t good, it wasn’t poetry. It was that simple Picture Quote #1

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Don’t scatter your fire! You are a prose writer: stick to your own tool! Picture Quote #1

The unit of the poet is the word, the unit of the prose writer is the sentence Picture Quote #1

Sometimes one has the feeling of an almost supernatural character to the shifts and changes in our national mood. They appear beyond the prose of cause and effect Picture Quote #1

In painting as in prose, a good eye is not enough to tell you whether what you see is real or fake Picture Quote #1

I can’t think why I was cursed with this inordinate desire to write, if the high gods weren’t going to give me some more adquate means of expressing myself than that which my present pedestrian prose affords Picture Quote #1

I would say that when I write prose I’m a more socially responsible person. I’m much more a citizen of the world. But the instability of the poetry, the emotional jaggedness, is also me Picture Quote #1

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I never wrote poetry, just prose. I don’t really consider songwriting a form of poetry either. The words are important, of course, but they’re dependent on the music Picture Quote #1

When a poem says something that could not have been said in any other way, in music, prose, sculpture, movement or paint, then it is poetry Picture Quote #1

I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into prose and tell different kinds of stories and stuff. But being a writer is so great because you’re literally not dependent on anybody Picture Quote #1

Polishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn’t read as well as mine? Neither does mine, at first! Picture Quote #1

If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct Picture Quote #1

In prose, leaps of logic can be made while the protagonist thinks about things and arrives at conclusions. Even with voiceover, there’s no real way of having an inner voice without it taking over the entire story Picture Quote #1

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Because I write a book a year, I always want to do one other project every year that’s stimulating in a different way. It means you can be working but not using up your prose juice, you know? Picture Quote #1

If there’s anything I’m keen to get better at in my writing, then it’s the writing of prose as opposed to the writing of dialogue Picture Quote #1

... the structure of a page of good prose is, analyzed logically, not something frozen but the vibrating of a bridge, which changes with every step one takes on it Picture Quote #1

Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought Picture Quote #1

Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact … the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard Picture Quote #1

So much of the effort that goes into writing prose for me is about making sentences that capture the music that I’m hearing in my head. It takes a lot of work, writing, writing, and rewriting to get the music exactly the way you want it to be Picture Quote #1

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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that (Prose Quotes) In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation is the aim... The details, the prose of nature, he should omit, and give us only the spirit and splendour (Prose Quotes) Why do you always write poetry? Why do you not write prose? Prose is so much more difficult (Prose Quotes) The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book (Prose Quotes) Prose is like a window; fiction is like a door. But it is not uncommon that he who should come in through the door jumps in through the window (Prose Quotes) A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it’s all you’ve got, unless you’re brilliant and can write totally in the now (Prose Quotes) Polyphonic prose is a kind of free verse, except that it is still freer. Polyphonic makes full use of cadence, rime, alliteration, assonance (Prose Quotes) We all often feel like we are pulling teeth, even those writers whose prose ends up being the most natural and fluid. The right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time (Prose Quotes) Prose exists to convey meaning, and no meaning such as prose conveys can be expressed as well in poetry. That’s not poetry’s purpose (Prose Quotes) Poetry is easier to learn than prose. Once you have learned it you can use it as a light and a laser. It shows up your true situation and it helps you cut through it (Prose Quotes) One could go on revising a prose page forever whereas there is a point in a poem when one knows it is done forever (Prose Quotes) Mediocre prose might be read as an escape, might be spoken on television by actors, or mouthed in movies. But mediocre poetry did not exist at all. If poetry wasn’t good, it wasn’t poetry. It was that simple (Prose Quotes) Don’t scatter your fire! You are a prose writer: stick to your own tool! (Prose Quotes) The unit of the poet is the word, the unit of the prose writer is the sentence (Prose Quotes) Sometimes one has the feeling of an almost supernatural character to the shifts and changes in our national mood. They appear beyond the prose of cause and effect (Prose Quotes) In painting as in prose, a good eye is not enough to tell you whether what you see is real or fake (Prose Quotes) I can’t think why I was cursed with this inordinate desire to write, if the high gods weren’t going to give me some more adquate means of expressing myself than that which my present pedestrian prose affords (Prose Quotes) I would say that when I write prose I’m a more socially responsible person. I’m much more a citizen of the world. But the instability of the poetry, the emotional jaggedness, is also me (Prose Quotes) I never wrote poetry, just prose. I don’t really consider songwriting a form of poetry either. The words are important, of course, but they’re dependent on the music (Prose Quotes) When a poem says something that could not have been said in any other way, in music, prose, sculpture, movement or paint, then it is poetry (Prose Quotes) I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into prose and tell different kinds of stories and stuff. But being a writer is so great because you’re literally not dependent on anybody (Prose Quotes) Polishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn’t read as well as mine? Neither does mine, at first! (Prose Quotes) If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct (Prose Quotes) In prose, leaps of logic can be made while the protagonist thinks about things and arrives at conclusions. Even with voiceover, there’s no real way of having an inner voice without it taking over the entire story (Prose Quotes) Because I write a book a year, I always want to do one other project every year that’s stimulating in a different way. It means you can be working but not using up your prose juice, you know? (Prose Quotes) If there’s anything I’m keen to get better at in my writing, then it’s the writing of prose as opposed to the writing of dialogue (Prose Quotes) ... the structure of a page of good prose is, analyzed logically, not something frozen but the vibrating of a bridge, which changes with every step one takes on it (Prose Quotes) Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought (Prose Quotes) Poetry demands a different material than prose. It uses another facet of the same fact … the spontaneous conformation of language as it is heard (Prose Quotes) So much of the effort that goes into writing prose for me is about making sentences that capture the music that I’m hearing in my head. It takes a lot of work, writing, writing, and rewriting to get the music exactly the way you want it to be (Prose Quotes)

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