Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive.

“Although yoga has its origins in ancient India, its methods and purposes are universal, relying not on cultural background, faith or deity, but simply…

— Tara Fraser

“Nightfall was approaching, the light pouring away past the world’s horizon in a gradually darkening cascade.”

— Obie Williams

I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. 'Lolita'…

— Marisha Pessl

The only sort of descriptive adjective or catch phrase for my music would be 'eclectic.'

— Moby

“The tree feels splintery, nasty to my touch; it feels Floridian, more reptile than vegetable, more stucco than stone. I do loathe this state,…

— Allan Gurganus

Descriptive geometry has two objects: the first is to establish methods to represent on drawing paper which has only two dimensions,-namely, length and width,-all…

— Gaspard Monge

“Her long platinum blond hair fell in loose waves past her shoulders, with a few black peekaboo strands. She wore a black minidress and…

— Jamie McGuire

“Sai stands in his spineless way, young but antiquated, studious but not clever, a thick steel watch on his wrist, his oiled black hair…

— Manu Jospeh

“The words came so fast they seemed to roll down hill. Nobody ever calls it all that; it's just spring wheat, but I like…

— Mildred Walker

I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining.

— Iron & Wine

I wouldn't call myself a synaesthete in the sense that Nabokov was. But I'll talk about a sound as being cold blue or dark…

— Brian Eno

“The schools wear the blank faces of war buildings, their windows blown blind by rocks or guns or mortars. Their plaster is an acne…

— Alexandra Fuller

“The trees were like black skeletons reaching to the sky, pleading with their bony arms for the sun to get stronger.”

— J.R. Ward

“I enjoyed your book. You are a descriptive writer who paints well with pen in hand. Your story had a bit of everything…suspense, humor,…

— Josie Angod

“Now here he was: sartorially, facially and interpersonally sharpened; every inch the beatific boffin.”

— Sam Byers