“Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers "Please will you do the job for me."”
C.S. Lewis
“It is odd that 'sword' and 'words' have the same letters and even more strange that they have the same effect.”
Brandi Keeler
“One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work.”
Gloria Naylor
“Attempts at imitation are the sincerest form of flattery, ... There's many of us sitting around today that are very flattered.”
Brad Brooks
“If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us.”
Proverb
“The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business”
Seneca
“We created this segment, ... Flattery is very nice -- all these other people have come after us. -- We said let's see what they are doing and see if we can adapt some things.”
Allen Bernstein
