And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose. — James Payn Copy Share Image
Luxury has been railed at for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and it has always been loved. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Sociological prose can tell you everything, but it can't point out the grief. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
As a prose writer, I work with language; and those who work with language turn to poetry for renewal. — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Sociological prose is generally written without images in an exact form for an academic audience. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
A lot of shows are more script-driven, like a prose script. As an actor, you never see a storyboard. — Tom Kenny Copy Share Image
To my mind, most prose poems are more prose than poetry. They don't possess most of the qualities of a poem. — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
“When the others were picked up and walked home by friends or fathers or best friend’s sisters, I was the kid in… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
Poetry privileges music and is aesthetically more challenging. Prose privileges information and is emotionally more challenging. — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I don't see much difference between prose poems and flash fiction (I've often taught the latter as the former), but then I… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I suppose people might consider me a 'loose' reader, as I seem willing to read anything of quality thinking and prose. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
My object when writing prose is to write as clearly as possible. I think I know what I'm saying in prose, and… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The silences express so much and are so crucial in music, and prose does not allow for the creation of these silences,… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter how many times you leave, it will always hurt to come back and remember what you once had and… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
My friends tell me that I am an intruder, that I don't really write when I attempt poetry. But those of my… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's log and… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
If the British prose style is Churchillian, America is the tobacco auctioneer, the barker; Runyon, Lardner, W.W., the traveling salesman who can… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Self-publishing in comics is core to the whole artform. There is no scarlet letter in comics as there still is, to some… — Kieron Gillen Copy Share Image
Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
Helen Lowe writes wonderful stories, yes, but her work also speaks with lyricism to deeper questions of how we treat each other.… — Catherine Asaro Copy Share Image
Alethea Black can drop you into a dream with a single sentence, then convince you it's real. Her characters' best hopes and… — Ralph Lombreglia Copy Share Image
I've never been able to write poetry without having vast tracts of dead time. Poetry requires a certain kind of disciplined indolence… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather,… — Melissa Scott Copy Share Image
“It's about personal development. It's about creating your own character and pushing it to the limit. It's about pushing yourself so far… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“Take a shower. Wash away every trace of yesterday. Of smells. Of weary skin. Get dressed. Make coffee, windows open, the sun… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“There are two main traditions of English writing: the one of perfect liberty, that of Chaucer and Shakespeare, completely outspoken, with a… — Frank Harris Copy Share Image
Poetry has an indirect way of hinting at things. Poetry is feminine. Prose is masculine. Prose, the very structure of it, is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“My sense is that if you go far enough in any stylistic direction, you can make a beautiful and complex representation of… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“It's been the longest time Since I've been in this place, Where I spend my whole day Hoping I'll see your face.… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
