Prose Quotes

473 Prose quotes by 367 unique authors

Only connect!...Only connect the prose and the passion. — E. M. Forster
MORE CONSISTENTLY THAN EVER I WAS TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT CINEMA AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ART HAS ITS OWN POSSIBILITIES WHICH ARE EQUAL… — Andrei Tarkovsky
What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose. — Plato
From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose. — Mark Strand
I love that moment in writing when language falls short. There is something more there. A larger body. Even by the failure of words I… — Susan Griffin
The best prose is written by authors who see their universe with a poet’s eyes. — Vera Brittain
To overcome the academic prose you have first to overcome the academic pose, — C. Wright Mills
Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it. — Moliere
Prose should have a flow, the forward momentum of a certain energized weight; it should feel like a voice tumbling in your ear. — John Updike
Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a… — John Wayne
My preference is for prose with more silence in it, language that contains more pockets of strangeness. — Anthony Doerr
Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat raggedly… — Simon Schama
To write rhythmic prose one must go deep into oneself and find the anonymous and multiple rhythm of the blood. Prose needs to be built… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Atticus Lish is a true original and this is a tremendous book, relentless, moving, written in prose of marvelous integrity. Now that America and the… — Sam Lipsyte
A page of good prose remains invincible. — John Cheever
I learned that to be amusing was not to be frivolous and that language - always the language - was the magic key as much… — Christopher Hitchens
What you want is practice, practice, practice. It doesn’t matter what we write (at least this is my view) at our age, so long as… — C.S. Lewis
Good prose is written only face to face with poetry. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Prose proposes, verse reverses. — Richard Howard
Merrie Destefano storms the world of urban fantasy with AFTERLIFE, breathing new life into the vast genre of the undead. Gritty, poignant, in the tradition… — Tosca Lee
In his scintillating new novel, Matt Bondurant explores a crucial period in the history of Virginia and of his family. His gorgeous, precise prose brings… — Margot Livesey
Kaethe Schwehn's poignant memoir explores longing, both spiritual and physical, community and faith, in prose that is calm, lovely, and filled with clear-eyed honesty and… — Dinty W. Moore
My Family and Other Saints echoes Gerald Durrell's classic memoir, My Family and Other Animals, not only in its title, but in its wonderful humor… — Judith Barrington
Self-publishing in comics is core to the whole artform. There is no scarlet letter in comics as there still is, to some degree, in prose.… — Kieron Gillen
With impeccable prose, dry wit, and uncommon wisdom, Ted Thompson brings to life one family's painful disappointments and powerful resilience. The Land of Steady Habits… — Maggie Shipstead

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367 authors contributed a total of 473 Prose Quotes, led by these top contributors: