“I wish my prose to be transparentI don't want the reader to stumble over me; I want him to look through what I'm saying to what I'm describing. I don't want him ever to say, Oh, goodness, how nicely written this is. That would be a failure.” WantWritingLooksWould BeWishWrittenReaderGoodnessProseTransparentDescribingWant Him Author:V. S. Naipaul
“What I'm constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget that the medium of communication is language.” WritingLanguageForgetCommunicationReaderStriveMediumsClarityProseTransparent Author:Jonathan Lethem
“Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible.” ShouldWritingReaderTransparent Author:Diana Athill
“I sometimes feel that my goal as a novelist would be to write a novel in which the language was so transparent that the reader would forget that language was the medium of understanding. Of course that's not possible, but it's some sort of idealized goal.” FeelsWritingSometimesWould BeCoursesLanguageUnderstandingGoalForgetNovelReaderMediumsNovelistsTransparent Author:Paul Auster
“Sometimes I feel too transparent in my poetry, but that's what I think the beauty of poetry is, because as transparent as the author can be, it's usually only a reflection of what the reader can interpret, and based on their own personal experiences.” ThinkingFeelsSometimesReaderReflectionPoetry IsTransparentPersonal Experiences Author:Masiela Lusha
“I felt it's vague enough for the reader to pull their own story and their wisdom out of the poem, but for me, it's actually very painfully transparent what I've written. Sometimes very literal, which is scary.” SometimesEnoughStoriesFeltWrittenReaderScaryVagueTransparentLiteral Author:Masiela Lusha
“Whatever I'm doing, I try to write well. I try to give the reader a nice, clean well-written surface, where the writing is transparent. It probably takes me longer to write things, but it's very important to me that the writing itself be good.” GivingWritingTryingWellsImportantNiceWrittenReaderCleanSurfaceBe GoodTake MeTransparentWell Written Author:Shelby Steele
“The thing with Superman is that he's completely emotionally open to the reader. Meaning what he tells you is what he's feeling; there's a transparency there. And what he tells other characters is usually as transparent as can be. What he says he believes in. So there's an honesty that is both really inspiring writing the character. One thing I love about Clark Kent is that there is a badassery that you don't see a lot. Even as Superman, he's always kind of restraining himself. When you challenge him, I think there's nobody that has a stronger spine than Superman.” ThinkingWritingBelieveKindCharacterFeelingsChallengesOne ThingHonestyReaderStrongerTransparentTransparencySpineThings I LoveRestrainingKentInspiring WritingReally Inspiring Author:Scott Snyder