Language Quote by F.W. Bateson

The definition of good prose is proper words in their proper places; of good verse, the most proper words in their proper places.The propriety…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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…

— George Orwell

Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose.

— Laurie Alberts

I am not a great fan of serious, heavy writing. I prefer simple, short sentences, light on prose.

— Ravi Subramanian

Prose is not necessarily good because it obeys the rules of syntax, but it is fairly certain to be bad if it ignores them.

— Wilson Follett

Prose is something that is persistent in staying in one place long enough to not only zero in on the dramatic effect of something…

— Tracy K. Smith

Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in the best order; and journalese is any old words…

— Alan Brewer

“Prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more of phrases tacked together like the…

— George Orwell

The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and…

— Ken Macrorie

Good style in prose is always hostage to the precision, speed, and laconic intensity of poetic diction.

— Joseph Brodsky

Prose is all about embellishing and describing.

— Mike Birbiglia