You can assume that if a writer's work has survived for centuries, there are reasons why this is so, explanations that have nothing to do with a conspiracy of academics plotting to resuscitate a zombie army of dead white males.
Francine ProseAll the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.
Francine ProseI know a lot of Eastern Europeans, and because of what they have been through and what they have seen, they have an attitude where they are not easily fooled.
Francine ProseLike most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.
Francine Prose