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Prose Quotes

Writing is revision. All prose responds to work Picture Quote #1

I suppress in my prose any language which calls attention to itself Picture Quote #1

Eloquence is the poetry of prose Picture Quote #1

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

Agitation is all about poetry, governance is all about prose Picture Quote #1

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose Picture Quote #1

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

Reviewers have called my books ‘novels in verse.’ I think of them as written in prose, but I do use stanzas. Stanza means ‘room’ in Latin, and I wanted there to be ‘room’ - breathing opportunities to receive thoughts and have time to come out of them before starting again at the left margin Picture Quote #1

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort 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

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

My preference is for prose with more silence in it, language that contains more pockets of strangeness 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

To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don’t deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them. To hell with them! Picture Quote #1

When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again Picture Quote #1

Being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against having nothing to say... but writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked, dismissed as simpleminded by those with a tenacious belief that the impassable prose is a hallmark of intelligence Picture Quote #1

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and mind Picture Quote #1

I always say that a poet loves the world, and the prose writer needs to create an alternative world Picture Quote #1

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When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry Picture Quote #1

What I’m constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget that the medium of communication is language 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

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

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

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

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It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person’s eyes alone! 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

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Writing is revision. All prose responds to work (Prose Quotes) I suppress in my prose any language which calls attention to itself (Prose Quotes) Eloquence is the poetry of prose (Prose Quotes) ... A novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it (Prose Quotes) Agitation is all about poetry, governance is all about prose (Prose Quotes) Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose (Prose Quotes) To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose (Prose Quotes) Reviewers have called my books ‘novels in verse.’ I think of them as written in prose, but I do use stanzas. Stanza means ‘room’ in Latin, and I wanted there to be ‘room’ - breathing opportunities to receive thoughts and have time to come out of them before starting again at the left margin. (Prose Quotes) Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort (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) A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line (Prose Quotes) My preference is for prose with more silence in it, language that contains more pockets of strangeness (Prose Quotes) I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose (Prose Quotes) To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don’t deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them. To hell with them! (Prose Quotes) When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again (Prose Quotes) Being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against having nothing to say... but writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked, dismissed as simpleminded by those with a tenacious belief that the impassable prose is a hallmark of intelligence (Prose Quotes) The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and mind (Prose Quotes) I always say that a poet loves the world, and the prose writer needs to create an alternative world (Prose Quotes) When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry (Prose Quotes) What I’m constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget that the medium of communication is language (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) The unit of the poet is the word, the unit of the prose writer is the sentence (Prose Quotes) Don’t scatter your fire! You are a prose writer: stick to your own tool! (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) It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person’s eyes alone! (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)

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