Prose Quotes

473 Prose quotes by 367 unique authors

Don’t say you were a bit confused and sort of tired and a little depressed and somewhat annoyed. Be tired. Be confused. Be depressed. Be… — William Zinsser
It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip. — Eugenio Montale
When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble. — John Crowe Ransom
I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book… — Marguerite Young
"I'm sorry I'm young," Deborah answered with a bitterness that was half prose. "We have a right to be as crazy as anyone else" — Joanne Greenberg
Poetry must be as well written as prose. — Ezra Pound
The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to… — William Shenstone
All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and miscellaneous… — Norman MacCaig
I can see that "reap" and "deep," "prayers" and "bears," . . . do rhyme, and so I suppose it is a splendid effort, but… — Susan B. Anthony
Unlike prose writing, the strange process of writing with pictures encourages associations and recollections to accumulate literally in front of your eyes; people, places, and… — Chris Ware
He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not… — John Crowe Ransom
She's always looking for poetry and passion and sensitivity, the whole Romantic kitchen. I live on a rather simpler diet.' 'Prose and pudding?''I don't expect… — John Fowles
Prose is a museum, where all the old weapons of poetry are kept — Thomas Ernest Hulme
Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose. — Elia Kazan
It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired… — Boris Pasternak
The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain… — Edgar Allan Poe
Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose. — Steven Pinker
I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing. — Howard Hodgkin
Mother Dolores Hart's prose is a reflection of the inner beauty she has always possessed. A fascinating read... and read again! — Robert Evans
The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry. — David Hare
Hugely enjoyable and insightfulGosling has produced the perfect combination of rigorous research and lightness of prose to create a book that will transform every reader… — Richard Wiseman
Karl Popper once advised a student that if he wanted to reap intellectual fame, he should write endless pages of obscure, high-flown prose that would… — Anthony de Jasay
Even at the worst of times, when nothing goes right, when the prose is clumsy and the ideas feel stale, at least we're doing something… — Melissa Scott
The gap between verse and poetry is enormous. Between good poetry and good prose the gap is much narrower — Michael Longley
If it doesn't work horizontally as prose... it probably won't work any better vertically pretending to be poetry. — Robert Breault

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