Captivating Expression Quotes

In the broadest possible sense, writing well means to communicate clearly and interestingly and in a way that feels alive to the reader. Where there’s some kind of relationship between the writer and the reader - even though it’s mediated by a kind of text - there’s an electricity about it.

She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.

...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable as bathing a cat.

To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.

There is nothing that pleases me more than a beautiful sentence ... It is something that satisfies me.

Oh, I can't master the smoldering look to save my life.

The character of the monkey just grew from something out of his face and my granddad's personality. They fused, and that's what I ended up with! The monkey belonged to a friend of mine, and I saw that it had such a little beguiling face and it grew from there.

This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven.