Features Quote by Janet Fitch

Through writing, one experiences something different to what one experiences with the five senses one has because language is a different metier.

— Herta Muller

It just fascinates me, those private mechanisms that we use to make sense of the world - whether they have to do with the…

— Leni Zumas

“Descriptive writing is more than visual; it employs all the senses.”

— Cheryl St.John

After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the…

— Jasper Fforde

The way something looks or sounds is also what it means. Words as visual and aural phenomena, which mainly poets, not critics and prose…

— Masha Tupitsyn

Five senses; an incurably abstract intellect; a haphazardly selective memory; a set of preconceptions and assumptions so numerous that I can never examine more…

— Anonymous

The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, & it smells good. Writing is mere writing,…

— Annie Dillard

“A picture is worth a thousand words, but is 400% less valuable, because a picture only captures one of the senses—sight. However, words can…

— Jarod Kintz

“Our bodies have five senses: touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing. But not to be overlooked are the senses of our souls: intuition, peace, foresight,…

— C. JoyBell C

Okay, you were probably taught there are five senses," he said. "We see, hear, touch, smell and taste. But how do we know those…

— Louis Sachar

The senses don't just make sense of life in bold or subtle acts of clarity, they tear reality apart into vibrant morsels and reassemble…

— Diane Ackerman

I am primarily a writer of books, and I enjoy that. But I come to realize that a lot of people prefer a visual…

— Lee Strobel