"Don't say it was delightful; make us..." - Quote by C S Lewis
Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me.
More by C S Lewis
“Without sin, the universe is a Solemn Game: and there is no good game without rules.”
“When we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life.”
“I have seen landscapes . . . which, under a particular light, make me feel that at any moment a giant might raise his head over the next ridge.”
More on Writing
“A writer of fiction is really... a congenital liar who invents from his own knowledge or that of other men.”
“A writer can be compared to a well. There are as many kinds of wells as there are writers. The important thing is to have good water in the well, and it is better to take a regular amount out than to pump the well dry and wait for it to refill.”
“I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn't think of it as a career. I didn't even think of it as a profession... It was the most exciting thing, the most powerful thing, the most wonderful thing to do with my life.”