Battle Quote by John Cheever

For me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain. A page of good prose is when one hears the noise…

— John Cheever

A page of good prose remains invincible.

— John Cheever

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

— Laurie Alberts

Good prose is written only face to face with poetry.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

For me, it's always about what's on the page. I have tremendous respect for writing. When you recognize good writing, and you're lucky enough…

— Nestor Carbonell

The thing about good writing is it has a music to it.

— Lauren Graham

I prefer my prose evocative rather than simply effective, with a bit of poetry to it.

— Gemma Files

“Literary works are pieces of rhetoric as well as reports. They demand a peculiarly vigilant kind of reading, one which is alert to tone,…

— Terry Eagleton

'At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom' by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console.

— Pliny the Younger

I love seeing the light go on in aspiring writers' eyes when you point out ways to improve their prose or their story -…

— F. Paul Wilson