“Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read your work and rave about your use of dialect, go for it. But be positive that you do it well, because otherwise it is a lot of work to read short stories or novels that are written in dialect. It makes our necks feel funny.” IfsFeelsWritingWellsStoriesUseCan DoNovelWrittenFineDialogueNecksShort StoryYou Can Do ItTireBeing PositiveDialectRave Author:Anne Lamott
“English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are always theatrical, literary. You can do more with it.” NeedsCan DoDialogueItalianLike SomethingTheatrical Author:Bernardo Bertolucci
“I kind of enjoy the limits. If you've got no limits, you can do absolutely anything, it's very difficult, actually. I always enjoyed working with machines like color photocopiers and letter-pressing type settings, things where the limits are very apparent. You push the machine to do something, and it tries to do its best, and it usually has wonderful qualities all of its own. Then you get a sort of dialogue going, and the limitations become qualities.” IfsTryingKindEnjoyDifficultCan DoQualityWonderfulColorTypeLimitsLettersMachinesSettingDialogueSettingsEnjoyedLimitation Author:Dave McKean