#style

In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories have none. I want to leave them wide open to every possibility. I think my readers understand that openness. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#conclusions #every #i #i think #japan

It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this kind of simple, swift-paced style, but the main reason for the style of my first novel is that I simply did not have the time to write sustained prose. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#did #first #fond #i #kind

All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter. For me style is matter. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#contain #first #kinetic #matter #me

Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#essence #great #great ideas #hogwash #ideas

You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#count #fancy #prose #style #you

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. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#claim #copies #even #exclusive #paint

I've always described my taste in fashion and music as being very eclectic and uniquely based off my feelings that day. That's the wonderful thing about style. You can be whatever you want to be. You can describe yourself however you want to describe yourself. ↗

— Hayden Panettiere

#always #based #be yourself #being #day

I really liked the idea of focusing on one thing for, hopefully, a long time to come. I also like the idea of a consistent lifestyle, as opposed to not really knowing where on the planet you're going to be at any given moment. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#any #come #consistent #focusing #given

Like most people my age, my job is the main focus of my life. I don't have some kind of jet-setting fabulous lifestyle where I'm constantly in situations to acquire amazing anecdotes, that's it. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#age #amazing #anecdotes #constantly #fabulous

I'm taking a lot of freestyle music and flipping it. ↗

— Pitbull

#freestyle #i #lot #music #taking