“A page of good prose remains invincible.”
“For me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain. A page of good prose is when one hears the noise of battle.... A page of good prose seems to me the most serious dialogue that well-informed and intelligent men and women carry on today in their endeavor to make sure that the fires of this planet burn peaceably.”
“... the structure of a page of good prose is, analyzed logically, not something frozen but the vibrating of a bridge, which changes with every step one takes on it”
“Marriage is a book in which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.”
“Good prose is like a windowpane.”
“Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.”