I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I…

I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining. One, I rarely have anything to say. It's much…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I don't like the word 'poetry,' and I don't like poetry readings, and I usually don't like poets. I would much prefer describing myself…

— Tom Waits

So to me, fat just seems to be right to the point and the most descriptive way to say it.

— Camryn Manheim

A painting of a person can be descriptive, but for me it's about all the things that make up a picture - the feelings,…

— Elizabeth Peyton

“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

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 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

“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

“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

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

“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

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

— Moby

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

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

— Obie Williams

“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