Paul West Quote

Certain producers of plain prose have conned the reading public into believing that only in prose plain, humdrum, or flat can you articulate the mind of inarticulate ordinary Joe. Even to begin to do that you need to be more articulate than Joe, or you might as well tape-record him and leave it at that.

The New York Times (15 December 1985)

Certain producers of plain prose have conned the reading public into believing that only in prose plain, humdrum, or flat can you articulate the mind ...

Certain producers of plain prose have conned the reading public into believing that only in prose plain, humdrum, or flat can you articulate the mind ...

Certain producers of plain prose have conned the reading public into believing that only in prose plain, humdrum, or flat can you articulate the mind ...

Certain producers of plain prose have conned the reading public into believing that only in prose plain, humdrum, or flat can you articulate the mind ...