Book Quote by Leonard Bishop

Cliched characters are cliches because they're people being described by people who are on the outside. If you take two sentences from anybody and…

— Michael Cudlitz

Cliches are cliches because they are true.

— Harsha Bhogle

All good writers are sensitive to clichés and endeavor to avoid them

— Ben Yagoda

“So we all know the cliché characters: the Irish cop, the prostitute with a heart of gold, the writer with a drinking problem, and…

— Craig Hart

Clichés can be quite fun. That's how they got to be clichés.

— Alan Bennett

A cliche is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear…

— Janet Fitch

I think cliche is a good thing sometimes.

— Kevin Abstract

I know myself - I cannot just play a cliche. It has to be a character; it has to be written with the complexity…

— Hiam Abbass

The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.

— Terry Pratchett

If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon.,…

— Lewis Thomas

The problem with clichés is not that they contain false ideas, but rather that they are superficial articulations of very good ones...If...we are obliged…

— Alain de Botton