“As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles of narrative don't conform to my style of experiencing the world.” WorldTryingFormCertainValuesCenturyStyleNarrativeConform19th CenturyExperiencing The World Author:Mark Leyner
“It's not that you get a cliché and then wiggle it about or use synonyms. You don't take an ordinary decorative paragraph and give it style. What you're trying to do is be faithful to your perceptions and transmit them as faithfully as you can. I say these sentences until they sound right. There's no objective reason why they're right. They just sound right to me.” GivingWritingTryingReasonUseSoundStylePerceptionOrdinarySentencesObjectivesReason WhyFaithfulParagraphTransmitBeing FaithfulSynonym Author:Martin Amis
“Some artists are definitely trying to do different styles. Some, not a lot. But even from what you've seen [of] Outkast, Kanye West, and Lil' Wayne, and different people expressing their way of evolving in hip-hop. In the evolution of hip-hop, they're doing different things. And you've seen hip-hop have more of a global presence and impact on the world.” PeopleWorldWayTryingDifferentArtistStyleEvolutionImpactWestHip HopHipsEvolveHopsDifferent ThingsDifferent PeoplesWayneDifferent StylesImpact On The WorldOutkast Author:Will Ferrell
“I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court documents... I try to get inside my stories.” WritingTryingFactsStoriesStylePagesResearchCourtNonfictionDocumentsThrillersWriting Nonfiction Author:Ben Mezrich
“Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself.” TryingFunRiskFashionStyleBeing TrueHaving FunUnexpectedBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfPersonal StyleSomething UnexpectedTrying Something Author:Ralph Lauren
“Effective negotiators have a style that those whom they are trying to influence, relate to and admire.” TryingInfluenceStyleAdmireRelate Author:Phil McGraw
“She spent hours drawing on her own, trying to perfect her craft. And when she got into music, she had that same diligence in developing her own style as well as perfecting the craft of singing. I don't think that is part of the normal assumption of who sh” ThinkingTryingWellsHoursPerfectStyleNormalSingingDrawingCraftsDevelopingAssumptionDiligence Author:Laura Joplin
“Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.” PeopleTryingStyleClaimsSellsPaintAgentsCopiesRepresentativesPublishersExclusivePlagiarism Author:LeRoy Neiman
“Hip-hop is always moving. It's always looking for the next style; it's always trying to one-up the last person.” TryingPersonsLastsMovingNextStyleHip HopHipsHopsAlways TryingAlways Moving Author:El-P
“Fashion is an industry to make money. It plays into human psychology. We want to belong, we want to be loved. I'm not trying to demonize the fashion industry - I love the fashion industry - but style is about taking the control out of the industry's hand and having you decide what works for you.” WantTryingHumansPlayHandsPsychologyFashionStyleIndustryMaking MoneyFashion Industry Author:Stacy London
“The word "essay" means to try out, test, probe. In the essay style, successive clauses and sentences are not produced by an overarching logic, but by association; the impression that prose gives is that it can go anywhere in a manner wholly unpredictable.” GivingTryingMeanStyleTestsLogicSentencesImpressionProseAssociationUnpredictableEssaysClauses Author:Stanley Fish
“Research, for me, it's trying to get a mood, a mood of a place and style of people and it's also trying to boost my confidence and get the adrenalin flowing. I go off on my trips to odd places and dark corners, feeling somewhat apprehensive and nervous.” PeopleTryingFeelingsDarkStyleResearchCornersMoodNervousOddBoost Author:Gerald Seymour
“While it is challenging working with a kid, because they're so of the moment all the time. My acting style is to try to take something from my life that the character can relate to and that I can relate the character to.” TryingI CanMomentsCharacterKidsChallengesActingStyleRelate Author:Kyra Sedgwick
“I feel that in the past, my style has shown itself to be capable of handling dark and light in the same paragraph, or even in the same sentence. That's something I almost take for granted. I think it was more a concern to get the details right and persuasively recreate the world I was trying to write about.” ThinkingWorldFeelsWritingTryingLightPastDarkStyleCapableConcernDetailsSentencesGrantedParagraph Author:Michael Chabon
“Different scenes call for different acting styles. The kinds of scenes I like most are the ones where you just bury yourself in there. So I wouldn't say that's the only way to be funny, but that's my favorite way to play stuff, to try to put myself in a situation where that kind of acting is necessary.” WayTryingKindDifferentPlayStuffActingSituationStyleSceneMy Favorite Author:Will Forte
“In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different moves. Like windmills. I just started mixing martial arts with jazz and contemporary stuff and it would get mashed together and became my style.” TryingArtDifferentSchoolTogetherMovingStuffRoomsStyleHigh SchoolJazzContemporaryMartial ArtsWrestlingFlipMixingWindmillsLunchtime Author:Caity Lotz
“He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner. He tries to compress as much thought as possible into a few words. On the contrary, the man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them.” ThinkingMenTryingLittlesIdeasSeemsLanguageSoundStyleHe ManDirectCrowdsContraryMagazinesProportionExplicitFew Words Author:Washington Irving
“I never focus on contraction. I'm focusing on my muscle. I'm not focusing on a certain style of lifting or contracting. I'm just trying to get the weight up. I'm trying to build muscle.” TryingCertainFocusStyleWeightMusclesLiftingContractionsContracting Author:Ronnie Coleman
“I try to teach my students style, but always as a part of life, not as ornament. Style has to come out of communicating coherent thought, not in sticking little flowers on speeches. Style and substance and a sense of life are the things literature is composed of. One must use one's own personality in relationship to life and language, of course, and everyone has such a relationship. Some people find it, some don't find it, but it's there.” PeopleTryingLittlesUseCoursesLiteratureLanguageTeachStyleStudentsFlowerPersonalitySpeechCommunicateSubstanceParts Of LifeOrnaments Author:Marguerite Young
“I'm definitely a vintage collector. I have a wardrobe of core basics that I like to spice up with different colors, new accessories, and I love to try on new things to invite something different. I find, with every new stage of my life, my self-image shifts with new duties and responsibilities, and so does my fashion style.” TryingDoeDifferentSelfResponsibilityStageFashionStyleColorDutyCoreInvitesNew ThingsSpicesWardrobeCollectorsVintageBasicsAccessoriesDifferent ColorsFashion Style Author:Camila Alves
“I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music] business as I can. I don't want to just sit back and have other people do the hard work for me. I try to be involved in every process of my career as possible. I run my own social media, record, and try to vocal produce myself as much as possible, write my own songs, style myself, and learn the business side. If I didn't do acting or music, I was going to school for business. God has put me on this path and I can honestly say I wake up every day doing what I love.” PeopleIfsWantWritingTryingI CanHardRunningSchoolSongSocialProcessSidesMy OwnActingCareersPathRecordsMediaStyleInformationProduceHard WorkInvolvedWake UpSocial MediaHonestlyVocalMusic BusinessLearners Author:Asher Monroe
“The last thing a young artist should do in poetry or any other field is think about whats in style, whats current, what are the trends. Think instead of what you like to read, what do you admire, what you like to listen to in music. What do you like to look at in architecture? Try to make a poem that has some of those qualities.” ThinkingShouldTryingLooksLastsYoungArtistQualityStyleFieldsCurrentsArchitectureAdmireTrendsYoung Artists Author:Robert Pinsky
“People like to say you're either born with style or you're not, and that's complete hooey. You've gotta develop your own and find your own.If you just put on whatever they're trying to sell you, you will always be out of fashion. Otherwise, they can't keep selling you. So, you will always be out of fashion. Get used to it. That's the game. Whatever they say is fashionable, chuck it.” PeopleIfsTryingUsedGamesBornFashionStyleSellsSellingFashionableChuck Author:Lauren Hutton
“The only requirement of a symbol is that it have substance underneath: The first thing to do is to try to establish the substance. The style comes after the substance. Only then can the style help the substance, and vice versa.” TryingFirstsHelpingStyleVicesSymbolsSubstanceThings To DoRequirementsVice Versa Author:Wally Olins
“I think we all have our own different styles. [James] LeBron likes to be comfortable - he's going to be more comfortable over everything else. Dwyane [Wade Jr.] likes really stylish stuff. If you bring something questionable he'll try it.” IfsThinkingTryingDifferentStuffStyleComfortableLikesQuestionableWadeStylishDifferent Styles Author:Chris Bosh
“Blake Lively is my style icon, and she always has rocking clothes and shoes. She keeps it really simple with hair and makeup, and I try to do the same thing.” TryingSimpleStyleHairClothesShoesMakeupIconsLivelyBlakeStyle IconsHair And MakeupClothes And Shoes Author:Kelsea Ballerini
“Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it - but they sort of just follow what they were doing. Repeat or follow what they were doing all their lives, in their style of music or whatever. In my case, I always try to start from scratch. It's very nerve-wracking actually, but it's interesting.” PeopleWorldTryingInterestingCasesStyleRepeatsNervesAwardsMedalScratches Author:Yoko Ono
“I'm really lucky that I've had a little gang of people who I've been involved with for a long time... I've been really lucky to have a gang of people who have always been there to encourage me to get on with it. Styles come and go, but I try not to take any notice of that.” PeopleTryingLittlesLongStyleInvolvedLuckyLong TimeGangComes And Goes Author:Nick Lowe
“For an electric guitarist to solo effectively on an acoustic guitar you need to develop tricks to avoid the expectation of sustain that comes from playing electrics. Try cascades, for example. Drop arpeggios over open strings, and let the open strings sing as you pick with your fingers. It's kind of a country style of playing, but it works very well in-between heavily strummed parts and fingered lead lines.” NeedsTryingWellsKindCountryLinesStyleExamplePicksExpectationsFingersGuitarTricksStringsElectricSoloGuitaristAcousticsAcoustic GuitarCascade Author:Pete Townshend
“As we try to change, we will discover within us a fierce struggle between our loyalty to that battle-scarred victim of his own childhood, our father, and the father we want to be. We must meet our childhood father at close range: get to know him, learn to forgive him, and somehow, go beyond him.” KnowsWantTryingChildrenFatherStruggleChildhoodStyleIdentityBattleOur ChildrenVictimForgivingLoyaltyRangeFierceOur FatherLearn To ForgiveParenting Styles Author:Augustus Napier
“Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.” TryingImportantStyleDressesSavingDesignerSmarterSavings Author:Salma Hayek
“The secret is to remain true to your aesthetic vision, so that people can see that you really believe passionately in what you are doing. That way, they can relate to your style. At the same time, you experiment-you try new things.” PeopleWayTryingBelieveSecretVisionStyleExperimentsRelateAestheticNew Things Author:Giorgio Armani
“I became friends on a social basis with a music professor (Dr. Alan Stein) who took a real interest in my work. He encouraged me in countless different ways, urged me to try different arranging styles, etc.” WayTryingDifferentRealSocialInterestStyleBasesDifferent WaysEtcProfessorsDrsArranging Author:John Keltonic
“You've got to be a good reader. So whatever genre that you're interested in, read a lot of books about it and it's better than any kind of writing class you'll ever take. You will absorb techniques and then in a lot of cases you can just start writing using the style of the book or the author that you admire and then your own style will emerge out of that. Be a diligent reader and then try to write seriously, professionally and approach everything in writing in a professional way.” WayWritingTryingKindBookClassCasesStyleReaderApproachTechniqueAdmireGenreDiligent Author:Homer Hickam
“The Beatles are now history, and it would be unhealthy to try to make my way as a former member. I must admit I occasionally listen to our records, but usually it's not deliberate. I'm more concerned with the present, with working out my own individual style and producing something new and worthwhile.” WayTryingWould BeIndividualMy OwnRecordsStyleMembersConcernedWork OutFormerMy WaySomething NewWorthwhileDeliberateUnhealthyIndividual Style Author:George Harrison
“I think that with the Internet, it has given a lot of people the opportunity to get themselves out there to the masses. But it's easy to group everyone that's on the Internet together. I try to cross and jump around between genres and different styles, kind of find my own niche.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindDifferentTogetherOpportunityGivenEasyMy OwnGroupsStyleInternetMassCrossesGenreNicheDifferent Styles Author:Mac Miller
“To sing with other people and for other people, that's when you can really learn something about your voice. You can only learn so much if you create your own boundaries all the time. But then, other people can really teach you something. You know, if you're trying to sing with them, or if someone brings a style.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingVoiceTeachStyleBoundaries Author:Will Oldham
“Every day is a lesson in focus for me, and not buying into the world's concept of what you have to be. I really try every day to be individual and not just in my style or my look or my music, but in my approach to life.” WorldTryingLooksIndividualFocusStyleLessonsApproachConceptsBuying Author:Lauryn Hill
“What I would suggest to the young people is to not forget this and don't try to get assimilated into today's Hollywood style of movies because I don't think it's going to last long.” PeopleThinkingTryingLongTodayLastsYoungForgetStyleHollywood Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“The inspiration is all in the script, in the text. So whatever it is, either it is a film or a book to be illustrated, anything. Everything you need to know is in the text. So the thing is trying to find right tone and voice, the right style, the right way of expressing the emotions in a story or in the location of the story, but it is all in the text.” KnowsWayNeedsTryingBookStoriesInspirationFilmVoiceEmotionStyleScriptsToneLocationRight Way Author:Dave McKean
“I miss that moment when you're about to go through the tube turn-style but you put your ticket in the wrong way and then as you're trying to figure out how exactly to get in the damn station you hear a collective sigh of 40 people behind you pissed that you're slowing down the herd.” PeopleWayTryingMomentsTurnsBehindsMissingStyleFiguresDamnCollectivesStationsThat MomentTicketsSighSlow DownHerdsBehind YouTubesWrong WaySlowing Author:Dan Mangan
“The perfect equation is form equals content. The style of the film reflects the story, and that's what you're always aiming for. You're not always necessarily successful at it, but that's the ambition that you're trying to do.” TryingStoriesFilmFormPerfectSuccessfulStyleAmbitionEquations Author:Danny Boyle
“I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on suspense with a texture rich in emotion and imagery. I take a great deal of satisfaction in using popular forms-- the adventure, the mystery, the thriller-- so as to hold my reader with the sheer pleasure of a good story. At the same time I try to resolve my books with an ambiguity that compels engagement. In short, I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantFeelsWritingTryingBookSometimesStoriesFormYoungEnjoyPleasureDealsEmotionLaughingIssuesRichMysteryStyleAdventureReaderAdultsComplexesSatisfactionSuspenseNarrativeIronyRelyContradictionResolveEngagementSheerImageryAmbiguityTextureGood StoryThrillersGood Reads Author:Avi
“I confess that my stomach does not take to this style of cooking. I cannot accept calves sweetbreads swimming in a salty sauce, nor can I eat mince consisting of turkey, hare, and rabbit, which they try to persuade me comes from a single animal... As for the cooks, I really cannot be expected to put up with this ham essence, nor the excessive quantity of morels and other mushrooms, pepper, and nutmeg with which they disguise perfectly good food.” TryingDoeAnimalAcceptingStyleEssenceCookingExpectedCooksStomachSwimmingQuantityDisguiseTurkeysRabbitsSauceMushroomsHamGood FoodPeppersHaresCalvesSaltyPerfectly Good Author:Voltaire
“I found my personal style in black humor and mixing funny things with very touching ones - like trying to force people to cry and smile almost at the same moment.” PeopleTryingMomentsFoundForceBlackStyleCryTouchingFunny ThingsMixingPersonal StyleBlack Humor Author:Malgorzata Szumowska
“I don't belong to any school or clique or ghetto. I don't have any preconceived ideas. I'm trying to serve a story and not a genre or a style.” TryingIdeasStoriesSchoolStyleGenreGhettoCliquePreconceived Ideas Author:Xavier Dolan
“For a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles.” TryingDifferentStoriesStyleRangeCollectionsAwardsShort StoryWirelessDifferent Styles Author:Charles Stross
“Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written prose style is utterly unlike the spoken word.” IfsWritingTryingReadingFictionNovelWrittenStyleFiguresSpeechRecognitionProseCrapWriting FictionSpoken Word Author:Charles Stross
“You make that climb, take it step by step and hopefully the view is great. I try to be a friend for Miley. I know that's not everyone's parenting style. But I try to be a friend, a partner as a singer, actor, songwriter and let her be a teenage girl and do her thing.” KnowsTryingGirlActorsViewsStepsStylePartnersSingersHopefullyClimbsSongwritersTeenageTeenage GirlMileyParenting Styles Author:Billy Ray Cyrus
“The old style hypocrite was a person who tried to appear better than he actually was; the new style hypocrite tries to appear worse than he or she is.” TryingPersonsStyleHypocrite Book:Life Looks Up Source: Life Looks Up