A Quote by Ann Beattie

Clichés so often befall vain people. — © Ann Beattie
Clichés so often befall vain people.
Beware of clichés. Not just the ­clichés that Martin Amis is at war with. There are clichés of response as well as expression. There are clichés of observation and of thought - even of conception. Many novels, even quite a few adequately written ones, are ­clichés of form which conform to clichés of expectation.
I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about.
To idealize: all writing is a campaign against cliché. Not just clichés of the pen but clichés of the mind and clichés of the heart.
People love cliches. If you can give people cliches, that's very good TV, then.
Two cliches make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the cliches are talking among themselves, and celebrating a reunion.
You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.
When everyone starts sounding the same, that's when you know the words and phrases have become clichés. Instead of speaking in clichés, I encourage people just to be themselves, let their passion burn brightly, and go work on things they love spending their time on.
We follow a certain pattern, a maze, if you will, every day, tracing our steps into certain districts and neighborhoods and back home. So it's easy for people to relate to clichés. That's why comedy routines are based on mutual experiences of clichés.
I'm not a guy who likes cliches. I don't think that stereotypes and cliches are the end of the line, when it comes to a performance.
Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.
There are no worse cliches than southern cliches. They make my skin crawl.
The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.
I'm sick of the old cliches. Bring me some new cliches.
When told a script was full of old cliches: Let's have some new cliches.
In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.
When you're a writer, you want to try to avoid cliches. Unfortunately, when you're writing about marriage or family, all cliches seem to apply.
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