Books Quote by Joanna Trollope

All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I may turn out an intellectual, but I'll never write anything but mediocre poetry.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

When I make my socially conscious songs, I go hard with the lyrical content; I go hard with the imagery.

— Raheem DeVaughn

“I’m lyrically illiterate. Actually, more accurately, I can’t read music.”

— Jarod Kintz

I like bringing my poet brain and sensibility to lyrics I write.

— Jamila Woods

Disgust at having to talk about oneself is what distinguishes novelistic talent from lyric talent,

— Milan Kundera

When I am writing a novel I try not to read great prose stylists into which I will fall.

— Frederick Busch

When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.

— Talib Kweli

I take my spoken-word stuff extremely seriously because I feel like that's true writing, true lyricism.

— Nick Cannon

Your literary style reflects your personality.

— Louis Auchincloss

Sometimes you can publish a first novel in a kind of lyrical flourish, but it is not really a lyrical form. The beautiful truths…

— Lawrence Osborne

I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.

— Robert Metcalfe