Francine Prose Quotes

Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors. They studied meter with Ovid, plot construction with Homer, comedy with Aristophanes; they honed their prose style by absorbing the lucid sentences of Montaigne and Samuel Johnson.

Francine Prose

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 1, 1947

Topics

WorkStyleConstructionEyeReading

We try to instill a sense of fair play, a sense of honesty.

Jesse White

HonestyPlayTryFairSenseInstill

If I am still doing what I'm doing and I still have respect in this town, haven't done anything completely and utterly stupid, then I'll be happy with myself.

Jeremy London

RespectMyselfI AmHappyBe Happy

I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.

John Catsimatidis

BusinessMoneyWorldEndWorthBack

Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be.

John Phillips

TechnologyNot PerfectYouPerfect

Technology is always a double-edged sword.

Stephen Morris

TechnologySwordAlwaysDouble-Edged

I loved doing ballet. I trained for two years.

Tom Holland

LovedDoingTwoYearsBallet

I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost love.

Tom Perrotta

LoveBeautyGreatSchoolHigh School

I've been working like a dog as a United States senator.

Ron Johnson

DogUnitedWorkingBeenLikeStates

Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise.

Michael Morpurgo

ChildrenSchoolReadingLearnWant

If you can go out with your live show and turn people on to that, where you have that fan base that's religious and they're going to come see you when you're in that town, once your radio success is gone and you're not a mainstream guy anymore you can still go out and play your shows.

Jason Aldean

SuccessLivePeopleYouPlayGo

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures.

Jasper Johns

I AmTryingFindPicturesWayJust

I was actually a poetry major in college before I punted and decided to become a theater major. I wrote the poem that we put on the sauerkraut boxes in the style of Elling.

Denis O'Hare

StylePoetryCollegeBecomeBoxes

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