Battle Quote by John Cheever

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give…

— John Cheever

A page of good prose remains invincible.

— John Cheever

It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.

— W. Somerset Maugham

An essential element for good writing is a good ear: One must listen to the sound of one's own prose.

— Barbara Tuchman

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

— Laurie Alberts

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

A great speech is literature.

— Peggy Noonan

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

We read novels. We read hundreds of pages of words, when the story is good because we're willing to stay there. I hope the…

— Veena Sud

“literature is but the shadow of good talk”

— simon blackburn

A good writer must be like the birds of a dark forest; you can't see them, but you can hear their mysterious and wise…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Good writing is about telling the truth.

— Anne Lamott