“There's a phrase in Shakespeare: he refers to it as the 'hidden imposthume', and this idea of a hidden swelling is seminal to cancer. But even in more contemporary writing it's called 'the big C'.” WritingIdeasBigsCancerContemporaryPhrasesSwelling Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“There's a phrase, "sitzfleisch", which means just plain sitting on your ass and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My uncle Raphael was a painter, and he used to say, "If the muse is late for work, start without her". You have to be there. You have to be there, and do it, and grind it out, even when it is grinding and you know you're probably going to rewrite all this tomorrow.” IfsKnowsWritingMeanDoneUsedTomorrowLateSittingAssPainterPhrasesMuseUnclesGrindShowing UpRaphael Author:Peter S. Beagle
“An exquisite invention this, Worthy of Love's most honeyed kiss,-- This art of writing billet-doux-- In buds, and odors, and bright hues! In saying all one feels and thinks In clever daffodils and pinks; In puns of tulips; and in phrases, Charming for their truth, of daisies.” ThinkingFeelsWritingArtKissingWorthyCleverInventionPhrasesCharmingExquisiteBudDaisiesHuePunOdorDaffodilWorthy Of LoveArt Of Writing Author:Leigh Hunt
“Constant reading will pull you into a place - a mind-set, if you like the phrase - where you can write eagerly and without self-consciousness.” IfsWritingMindSelfReadingConsciousnessConstantPhrasesSelf ConsciousnessMind Set Book:On Writing Source: On Writing
“Similarly, although we use prepositional phrases when we write, we apparently don't write more effectively when we can label our language in these ways.” WayWritingUseLanguageEducationLabelsPhrasesLiteracy Author:Lucy Calkins
“All this [Paul's writing] is nothing better than the jargon of a conjurer who picks up phrases he does not understand to confound the credulous people who come to have their fortune told. Age of Reason” PeopleThinkingWritingDoeReasonAgeReligionPicksFortuneOld AgePhrasesJargonAge Of Reason Author:Thomas Paine
“This writer, who is horribly perspicacious and vigorous, demonstrates the certainty of a great European war, and regards it with the peculiar satisfaction excited by such things in a certain order of mind. His phrases about "dire calamity" and so on mean nothing; the whole tenor of his writing proves that he represents, and consciously, one of the forces which go to bring war about; his part in the business is a fluent irresponsibility, which casts scorn on all who reluct at the "inevitable." Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.” WayWritingMindMeanWarWholeCertainOrderForceEventsProveRegardCastsSatisfactionExcitedFamiliarCertaintyInevitablePhrasesPeculiarProphecyPersistentScornCalamityVigorousTenorsIrresponsibilityFluent Author:George Gissing
“I write as clearly as I am able to. I sometimes tackle ideas and notions that are relatively complex, and it is very difficult to be sure that I am conveying them in the best way. Anyone who goes beyond cliche phrases and cliche ideas will have this trouble.” WayWritingIdeasSometimesAbleDifficultTroubleComplexesNotionBest WayPhrasesClicheConveying Author:R. A. Lafferty
“The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of placing before the reader intelligible symbols of the thoughts and feelings in the writer's mind.” WritingMindArtFeelingsSeemsOrderImagineFineReaderSymbolsPhrasesThoughts And FeelingsArt Of Writing Book:The Principles of Success in Literature Source: The Principles of Success in Literature