“I think the language of science is highly lyrical and evocative and an important part of our lives in many ways.” ThinkingWayImportantLanguageOur LivesLyrical Author:Pattiann Rogers
“My object when writing prose is to write as clearly as possible. I think I know what I'm saying in prose, and I want others to understand it and to be able to restate it.” ThinkingKnowsWantWritingAbleObjectsProse Author:Pattiann Rogers
“People sometimes think that defining a term is pedantic and useless, but terms need to be defined if they're going to be discussed, even if the terms are only defined for a single conversation. Those involved in the conversation need to know how the terms are being used.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsSometimesUsedTermKnow HowInvolvedConversationDefinedUselessDefiningPedantic Author:Pattiann Rogers
“I think my prose - mine and that of others - sometimes slips into a cadence or rhythm that can replicate or come close to the music in a wonderful poem, and then it returns to the sound of prose.” ThinkingSometimesSoundWonderfulMinesReturnRhythmProseSlipsCadenceReplicate Author:Pattiann Rogers
“Poetry is very playful with language. I think all poetry, at its heart, is playful. It's doing unusual and playful things with the language, stirring it up. And prose is not doing that. Primarily it's not attempting to do that.” ThinkingHeartLanguageProsePoetry IsUnusualAttemptingStirring Author:Pattiann Rogers
“I don't write or think too much about the word "salvation." I might; I probably should. We are such needy creatures, needing to be saved, to feel we are saved or might be, however we define ourselves, however we define that word.” ThinkingFeelsShouldWritingMightToo MuchCreaturesSalvationSavedNeedy Author:Pattiann Rogers
“I think parts of my soul have been saved by my writing, not in the sense of escaping death, but escaping the death of the moment, perhaps.” ThinkingWritingHas BeensSoulMomentsSavedMy SoulEscaping Author:Pattiann Rogers
