Style is made up of whatever an author can't avoid doing.

The style of an author is a faithful copy of his mind.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

— Edward Gibbon

I think of myself as a very lazy author.

— Neil Gaiman

I try to avoid doing movies where I act with tennis balls. It's ultimately incredibly tedious.

— Jeremy Irons

“For me, motivation is this horrible, scary game where I try to make myself do something while I actively avoid doing it.”

— Allie Brosh

Now the big danger is to avoid doing anything, unless you have a surety, unless you have an assurance that you'll be successful. It's…

— Ray McGovern

I think when I finally got it in my head that I was going to do the story, I wanted to avoid doing what…

— Adrian Tomine

The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.

— Alexander the Great

When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall…

— Epictetus

I can do only one thing at a time, but I can avoid doing many things simultaneously.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

The only behaviour that is truly common is to avoid doing something because you think others might consider it common.

— Craig Brown

I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong to gain the huzzahs of thousands, or the daily praise of all…

— Lord Mansfield

To avoid doing anything, wait for the right circumstances.

— Mason Cooley

Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.

— Thales

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid doing entirely.

— Anonymous