Good Prose Quotes

19 quotes by 12 authors

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one… — Walter Benjamin
For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief… — John Cheever
The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Warfare is the father of all good things, it is also the father of good prose! — Friedrich Nietzsche
What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for… — Philip Pullman
The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality. — Rick Moody
Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose. — Laurie Alberts
Inexperienced fiction and creative nonfiction writers are often told to show, not tell - to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary - but it… — Laurie Alberts
A page of good prose remains invincible. — John Cheever
Good prose is written only face to face with poetry. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose. — Steven Pinker
The gap between verse and poetry is enormous. Between good poetry and good prose the gap is much narrower — Michael Longley
It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man. — W. Somerset Maugham
It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. — George Orwell
Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane. — George Orwell
For me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain. A page of good prose is when one hears the noise of… — John Cheever
Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in the best order; and journalese is any old words in… — Alan Brewer

Who Wrote These Good Prose Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 19 Good Prose Quotes as follows: