Prose Writers Quotes
- There was no really good true war book during the entire four years of the war. The only true writing that came through during the… — Ernest Hemingway
- Poets seem to write more easily about love than prose writers. For a start, they own that flexible ‘I’…. Then again, poets seem able to… — Julian Barnes
- I've never been able to write poetry without having vast tracts of dead time. Poetry requires a certain kind of disciplined indolence that the world,… — Christian Wiman
- A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it's… — Paul McCartney
- In general, I would think that at present prose writers are much in advance of the poets. In the old days, I read more poetry… — William H. Gass