Altitudes Quote by Robert Genn

I think, with the balance of personal narrative, narrative continuity, and aesthetics, I always lean into what's interesting to me.

— RaMell Ross

I like the stories with the historical themes.

— Sarah Sutton

I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or monumental places.

— Herb Ritts

In particular, I'm drawn to the stories that have big, high concepts and real characters at their heart. And I love where those two…

— Doug Liman

My favorite form is the short story. From an aesthetics stand point you really have to pare down to the bone. You can't write…

— Roger Zelazny

I find something very appealing about taking literature very literally.

— Elif Batuman

I was in love with metaphors and similes and alliteration, just the play on the words. I was fascinated with that concept.

— Latto

I like writing non-fiction - and when you pick a [non-fiction] subject, it saves you the hassle of coming up with a plot.

— Richard Hell

“There are no "great" subjects for the creative writer; there are only the singular details of a single human life.”

— Richard Selzer

I think I'm good at metaphors and descriptions. Plot doesn't come naturally to me, so I work really hard at it.

— Celeste Ng

I like the idea of a big caesura between the narratives, a space which readers can fill in with their own speculative history.

— Jonathan Coe

Ray Bradbury taught me the importance of metaphor and simile and poetic style.

— Joe R. Lansdale