Books Quote by Cassandra Clare

And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny.

— Cassandra Clare

A pop song is a condensed version of a life in three minutes, whereas, when you go to write your prose, you have to…

— Bruce Springsteen

I would say that when I write prose I'm a more socially responsible person. I'm much more a citizen of the world. But the…

— Vijay Seshadri

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in…

— Robert Morgan

In high school, in 1956, at the age of sixteen, we were not taught "creative writing." We were taught literature and grammar. So no…

— Margaret Atwood

Thinking in prose is different. I gained an immense amount of respect for people who write prose, and also felt even more sure that…

— Matthew Zapruder

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

— Cassandra Clare

So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by…

— Nicholson Baker

Why do you always write poetry? Why do you not write prose? Prose is so much more difficult.

— Walter Pater

My friends tell me that I am an intruder, that I don't really write when I attempt poetry. But those of my friends who…

— Jorge Luis Borges

When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.

— Nicholson Baker

“If you must write prose or poems, the words you use should be your own. Don't plagiarize or take 'on loan'. There's always someone,…

— Anonymous