Beige Prose/Quotes

""Adjectives are unnecessary.""

- William Zinsser

""Good prose is like a window pane.""

- George Orwell

""Sometimes, it's unavoidable to say, 'You miss. He hits. You take 7 damage.'""

- Dungeons and Dragons: Dungeon Master's Guide

""He came to the river. The river was there.""

- Ernest Hemingway, "Big Two-Hearted River"

""He has never used a word where the reader might check his usage by a dictionary.""

- William Faulkner on Ernest Hemingway