Quote by Denis Johnson

In the plays - that's where I go crazy. But my prose has a much lighter touch; it's not trying to thrill with language, just to be more truthful. I'm not concerned with the accuracy of anything. We don't get to the truth of anything with facts.

In the plays - that's where I go crazy. But my prose has a m

Summary

This quote emphasizes the contrast between the author's approach to writing plays and prose. While their plays are intense and evoke strong emotions, their prose is more understated and focused on conveying truthfulness rather than impressing with language. They downplay the importance of factual accuracy, believing that the truth cannot be encapsulated solely through facts. Instead, they suggest that a deeper understanding of truth can only be reached through a different kind of exploration, one that transcends mere facts.

Topics

Truth Language

By Denis Johnson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

This coupling together of science with international peace,

This coupling together of science with international peace, is, I think, particularly significant.

Irving Langmuir

Science Peace

England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like,

England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.

Daniel Radcliffe

Home

Ich hatte eine sehr exakte Vorstellung davon, was ich gerade

Ich hatte eine sehr exakte Vorstellung davon, was ich gerade jetzt von diesem ansehnlichen Fremden verlangt hÃ¤tte. Und dabei wÃ¤re seiner angeblich so geschickten Zunge definitiv eine der Hauptrollen zugefallen.

Love Sexuality Sexy Humor

What a person wills and not what they know determines their

What a person wills and not what they know determines their worth or unworth, power or impotence, happiness or unhappiness.

Will Willpower

Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious

Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from a friend.

Friends

It means, said Brother Jeremiah, The descent into Hell is ea

It means, said Brother Jeremiah, The descent into Hell is easy.

Cassandra Clare

Clary Fray Jace Wayland Cassandra Clare City Of Bones Silent Brothers

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of nation

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society.

Rowan D. Williams

Health

One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is t

One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the only studio head I have ever known who will change his mind and say he was wrong.

Change

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and aga

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

Anger

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

Science Magic

I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am.

I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am.

Love

Is not this insanity plea becoming rather common? Is it not

Is not this insanity plea becoming rather common? Is it not so common that the reader confidently expects to see it offered in every criminal case that comes before the courts? Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity.

Crime