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Mon 3 May 2021

Cliché

Posted by PJ under cliches, quote of the day, stories, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“My stories come to me as clichés. A cliché is a cliché because it’s worthwhile. Otherwise, it would have been discarded. A good cliché can never be overwritten; it’s still mysterious.”

—Toni Morrison, Black Women Writers at Work, ed. Claudia Tate

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Wed 12 Jun 2019

Clichés

Posted by PJ under cliches, language, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Clichés are the cockroaches of language. We may sneer, but they will outlive us.”

—Joyce Carol Oates, Twitterfeed, 3/3/14

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Wed 7 Mar 2018

Avoid cliché like the plague

Posted by PJ under art, cliches, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“The cliché always flourishes in the creative arts because the familiar gives a sense of comfort and security.”

—Roy Huggins, “The Ten-Point Guide to Happiness While Writing or Directing a Maverick”

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Mon 23 Jul 2012

Barking up the wrong tree

Posted by PJ under aphorisms, cliches, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Any great truth can—and eventually will—be expressed as a cliché—as cliché is a sure and certain way to dilute an idea. For instance, my grandmother used to say, “The black cat is always the last one off the fence.” I have no idea what she meant, but at one time, it was undoubtedly true.”

—Solomon Short (David Gerrold), The War Against the Chtorr

 


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