About Quote by James Jones

I've always liked an easygoing, colloquial style. I like the kind of reviewer who is essentially a fellow reader, an enthusiast, a fan.

— Michael Dirda

“So I "feckup" words sometimes...I write in a colloquial style, so did Mark Twain. Seems I'm in pretty good company.”

— Emma Paul

Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can access the…

— Aimee Bender

My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential for the…

— Gretchen Rubin

Writing tends to cheer me; it always soothes my spirit and blesses me with the gift of an innocent, tender, childlike day. It is…

— Gabriela Mistral

“Q: What's the biggest myth about writing? A: That there's any wildness attached to it. Writing tends to be very deliberate." [ Colm Tóibín,…

— Colm Tóibín

As you get drawn more and more into other activities, like political activities, very demanding, you have to find different rhythms of writing; I…

— Wole Soyinka

Writing tends to be very deliberate. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country.

— Colm Toibin

English writing tends to fall into two categories - the big, baggy epic novel or the fairly controlled, tidy novel. For a long time,…

— Zadie Smith

I suppose it's useful in designating writing that tends to come from personal experience, work that delineates an "I," but it's a loose lasso,…

— Matthea Harvey

The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.

— Brooke Fraser