I'm not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they're wearing… I can always get a J. Crew catalogue… …So spare me, if you please, the hero's 'sharply intelligent blue eyes' and 'outthrust determined chin'.


On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2000) - ISBN: 9780743211536


I'm not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they're wearing… ...

I'm not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they're wearing… ...

I'm not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they're wearing… ...

I'm not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they're wearing… ...