I thought the message of the artist was more important than the writing style. I tried to be clear; I wanted everyone… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
“Style and voice are different. Style is standard conventions of writing; voice is the distinct way an individual puts words together. All… — Naveed Saleh Copy Share Image
Yashraj liked my writing style, and they had a concept in mind, so they hired me to write. That's how 'Luv Ka… — Shenaz Treasury Copy Share Image
I think I am the most impressed with writing styles that defy category, like Kharms or Selby, Breton or Jarry, where you… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
He managed to do this 'tour de force' of styles without ever breaking the narrative structure of the chapter he was writing.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Margot [Hentoff] used to write regularly for The Voice, for The New York Review of Books, for Harper's Bazaar, and she really… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
There is something false in this search for a purely feminine writing style. Language, such as it is, is inherited from a… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
I wake up in the morning, or the middle of the night when an idea comes through. My songwriting style, basically I… — Creed Bratton Copy Share Image
Probably the best way to describe my writing style is to refer you to "purple prose", which was a tag given to… — Tom Johnson Copy Share Image
“English is like a poetic extension of myself. It holds my creativity and imagination in blissful and inspiring captivity. Though I consider… — Storm Princeholm Copy Share Image
I have chosen to parody the writing styles of Carlos Castaneda, James Redfield, Richard Bach, Lynn Andrews, and several other best-selling new… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The writer's silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.” — Khaled Talib Copy Share Image
Nothing is too long or too short either if you have a true and interesting tale and what I call a "graphic"… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“You are in love with my husband. You need some acting lessons to learn to hide it better.” — Mary Papas Copy Share Image
“When we come across a natural style, we are surprised and delighted; for we expected an author, and we find a man.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I don't care about truth; I care about art and style and writing and occupying the wall. For me, my writing style… — Sophie Calle Copy Share Image
“Apollinaire said a poet should be 'of his time.' I say objects of the Digital Age belong in newspapers, not literature. When… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“His indirect way of approaching a character or an action, striving to realize it by surrounding rather than invading it, is ideally… — Herbert A. Wise Copy Share Image
“Never try to keep it professional, keep it smutty, write with bodily fluids on sandpaper, and damn the men with clipboards in… — Peter Selgin Copy Share Image
Nightclub City tells the behind-the-scenes story of Manhattan's glamorous nightlife at its peak. Packed with colorful characters, terrific original research, and an… — Debby Applegate Copy Share Image
The songwriting style, to me, is superior. There was a certain amount of joy in it, no matter how sad the song… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
The most durable thing in writing is style. It is a projection of personality and you have to have a personality before… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It it a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters,… — Jonathan Barnes Copy Share Image
“We lawyers do not write plain English. We use eight words to say what could be said in two. We use arcane… — Richard C. Wydick Copy Share Image
I changed my writing style deliberately. My first two novels were written in a very self-consciously literary way. After I embraced gay… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Yeah I was aware of the book, but hadn't read it. So as soon as I'd finished the script, I got a… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
All nonfiction writers, whether they like it or not, are translators. The translator is the perfect journalist. The best journalism endeavors to… — Ilan Stavans Copy Share Image
I just have to come clean and admit I am an extremely, painfully slow writer. I have this unfortunate - or fortunate,… — Nami Mun Copy Share Image
“A writer’s voice emanates from their interest and compulsions that absorbs them completely. Only by fully committing himself or herself to a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“To construct mechanically the brain of a somniferous tale, it is not enough to dissect nonsense & mightily stupefy the reader's intelligence… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
Tides of History provides a splendid prism through which we may view the wider world of Victorian science. . . . Historians… — William M. Fowler Copy Share Image
“I purposely used a pretty cocky, abrasive writing style in Sex and Crime, to stir up some drama. My confrontational style quickly… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
My stuff is direct. Critics have compared my writing style with boxing all the way back to 1978 when my first book… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
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