Style Is the Stuff You Get Wrong

Neil Gaiman? Jerry Garcia? Elizabeth McCracken? Robert Burton? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: I have heard two fascinating adages about artistic style: Style is the stuff you can’t help doing. Style is the stuff you get wrong. Both statements were made by the prominent fantasist Neil Gaiman who writes short stories, novels, comic books, and screenplays. …

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