“I would say that the writers I like and trust have at the base of their prose something called the English sentence. An awful lot of modern writing seems to me to be a depressed use of language. Once, I called it "vow-of-poverty prose." No, give me the king in his countinghouse. Give me Updike.” GivingWritingUseSeemsLanguagePovertyModernKingsGive MeSentencesAwfulProseVowUse Of Language Author:Martin Amis
“Flaubert's famous sentence, "Madame Bovary, c'est moi" ("Madame Bovary, she is me"), in reality means, " Madame Bovary, c'est nous" ("Madame Bovary, she is us"), in our modern incapacity to live a "good-enough" life.” MeanEnoughRealityModernSentencesGood EnoughIncapacity Author:Sophie Barthes
“I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in.” WayWritingUseLanguageSimpleModernFlowerSticksSentencesBest WayWriting AdviceCreepsAdjectivesWriting By WritersFluffShort WordsPlain Language Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain