Authors:

Style Quotes - Page 29

Every sentence is the result of a long probation.

Henry David Thoreau (1873). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.111

Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

"Ten rules for writing fiction", www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.

"Five things I know about style: Zac Posen". Interview With Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2011.

Few people realize how badly they write. Nobody has shown them how much excess or murkiness has crept into their style.

William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.17, Harper Collins

Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates.

Wallace Stevens (2011). “Opus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, Prose”, p.351, Vintage

Lifestyle and livelihood are pivotal moral issues.

Stephanie Mills (1989). “Whatever Happened to Ecology?”, Random House (NY)