Argument Quote by Michael Rosen

Prose is something that is persistent in staying in one place long enough to not only zero in on the dramatic effect of something…

— Tracy K. Smith

“The point is simply to keep the argument going, to ensure that it never reaches a conclusion (which leads to confusion, fatigue and collusion)”

— Matthew d'Ancona

With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed.

— Robert Morgan

The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The more prose I wrote, the more the pendulum swung back toward the middle, merging some poetic sensibilities with the more fundamental elements of…

— Alex Lemon

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating…

— Bill Watterson

The tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer.

— Nadine Gordimer

“To engage the written word means to follow a line of thought, which requires considerable powers of classifying, inference-making and reasoning. It means to…

— Neil Postman

Arguments are often like melodramas - they have a predictable beginning, middle, and end.

— Gay Hendricks

I am caught in a terrific bind of characterologically and rationally needing to think in the most comprehensive terms possible, forming a continuous system…

— Kenny Smith

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

— Laurie Alberts

Prose is all about embellishing and describing.

— Mike Birbiglia