--- title: "8 Style Voice Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Style Voice quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Style Voice sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/ken-liu-4222_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-reducing-a-style-and_22897.jpg" --- > [I don't believe in reducing a style and a voice down to a set of descriptions, so I've never done that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-don-t-believe-in-reducing-a-style-and-a-voice-down-to-a-set-of/) [Ken Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-liu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/ken-liu-4222_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-reducing-a-style-and_22897.jpg) > [If one means by style the voice, the irreducible and always recognizable and alive thing, then of course style is really everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/if-one-means-by-style-the-voice-the-irreducible-and-always/) [Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/mary-mccarthy-2691_alive_if-one-means-by-style-the-voice-the-irre_521046.png) > [There were times, I could say, later in the career, that I wished that my voice would be deeper for materials that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-scott/there-were-times-i-could-say-later-in-the-career-that-i-wished-that/) [Jimmy Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/jimmy-scott-23085_can-do_there-were-times-i-could-say-later-in-th_547541.png) > [All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-perry/all-writers-are-mimics-and-i-m-not-interested-in-picking-up-somebody/) [Thomas Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/thomas-perry-17897_not-interested_all-writers-are-mimics-and-i-m-not-inter_665054.jpg) > [“Style and voice are different. Style is standard conventions of writing; voice is the distinct way an individual puts words together. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naveed-saleh/style-and-voice-are-different-style-is-standard-conventions-of/) [Naveed Saleh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naveed-saleh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/naveed-saleh-265646_articles_style-and-voice-are-different-style-is-s_874366.jpg) > [The whole point in developing your own style is to find your own voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-holland/the-whole-point-in-developing-your-own-style-is-to-find-your-own-voice/) [Dave Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-holland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/dave-holland-41857_developing_the-whole-point-in-developing-your-own-s_1221235.jpg) > [There are some singers that have great technique and then there are those that have a certain quality or style in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ozzy-osbourne/there-are-some-singers-that-have-great-technique-and-then-there-are/) [Ozzy Osbourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ozzy-osbourne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/ozzy-osbourne-685_certain_there-are-some-singers-that-have-great-t_1564552.jpg) > [When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style - voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-roorbach/when-a-new-writer-defends-his-style-the-teacher-smiles-or-cringes/) [Bill Roorbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-roorbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3c/bill-roorbach-67591_accents_when-a-new-writer-defends-his-style-the_1778631.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/style-voice/#itemlist", "name": "Style Voice Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't believe in reducing a style and a voice down to a set of descriptions, so I've never done that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ken Liu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-liu/i-don-t-believe-in-reducing-a-style-and-a-voice-down-to-a-set-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/ken-liu-4222_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-reducing-a-style-and_22897.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/ken-liu-4222_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-reducing-a-style-and_22897.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/ken-liu-4222_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-reducing-a-style-and_22897.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't believe in reducing a style and a voice down to a set of descriptions, so I've never done that.” — Ken Liu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If one means by style the voice, the irreducible and always recognizable and alive thing, then of course style is really everything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary McCarthy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/if-one-means-by-style-the-voice-the-irreducible-and-always/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/mary-mccarthy-2691_alive_if-one-means-by-style-the-voice-the-irre_521046.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/mary-mccarthy-2691_alive_if-one-means-by-style-the-voice-the-irre_521046.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/mary-mccarthy-2691_alive_if-one-means-by-style-the-voice-the-irre_521046.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If one means by style the voice, the irreducible and always recognizable and alive thing, then of course…” — Mary McCarthy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There were times, I could say, later in the career, that I wished that my voice would be deeper for materials that I might've wanted to select to do. But that's the style of my voice. There's nothing I can do about the heighth of my voice. And so I learned to deal with it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jimmy Scott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-scott/there-were-times-i-could-say-later-in-the-career-that-i-wished-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/jimmy-scott-23085_can-do_there-were-times-i-could-say-later-in-th_547541.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/jimmy-scott-23085_can-do_there-were-times-i-could-say-later-in-th_547541.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/jimmy-scott-23085_can-do_there-were-times-i-could-say-later-in-th_547541.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There were times, I could say, later in the career, that I wished that my voice would be deeper for…” — Jimmy Scott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Perry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-perry/all-writers-are-mimics-and-i-m-not-interested-in-picking-up-somebody/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/thomas-perry-17897_not-interested_all-writers-are-mimics-and-i-m-not-inter_665054.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/thomas-perry-17897_not-interested_all-writers-are-mimics-and-i-m-not-inter_665054.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/thomas-perry-17897_not-interested_all-writers-are-mimics-and-i-m-not-inter_665054.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.” — Thomas Perry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Style and voice are different. 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