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• I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a… — Lynn Abbey
• My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy — Carol Ann Duffy
• I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass. — Tracy Kidder
• I suppress in my prose any language which calls attention to itself. — Jerzy Kosinski
• A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the basis of my prose. — Johannes V. Jensen
• My prose style at this time was a stomach-twisting blend of the Bible, Carl Sandburg, H.L. Mencken, Jeffrey Farnol, Christopher Morley, Samuel… — Elwyn Brooks White
• I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative… — Jesmyn Ward
• I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is… — Buzz Bissinger
• Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose. — Dick Schaap
• When I write after dark", observed Cyril Connolly, "the shades of evening scatter their purple through my prose — Anne Fadiman
• Writing for adults and writing for young people is really not that different. As a reporter, I have always tried to write… — Serge Schmemann
• In the plays - that's where I go crazy. But my prose has a much lighter touch; it's not trying to thrill… — Denis Johnson

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