"There was this about vampires : they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were... what was the word... deshabille. It meant untidy, but with bags and bags of style."
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"All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter."
"Shout-out to my dad - he influenced my style when I was 17."
"To me, my style is comfortable."
"A lot of my friends inspire my style, and they dont even know it."
"Joe Klein is the flower of American political journalism, a sharp raconteur who shows traces of the gonzo style that was in vogue when he was honing his craft at Rolling Stone back in the day."
"I think that I sort of see other actresses are kind of proud of the way they look and show it off. That's never really been my style. I really don't think that it's disgusting or wrong, if you're 18 you're 18, it's your body, it's your right to show yourself, however, I don't really take a part in that. I like to look nice, but I think that there's ways of doing it that are more tasteful than just wearing a bikini wherever you go."
"One of the reasons why you like to do your own drawings is, your style changes over time. And there's something about that that keeps it fresh to the viewer."
"The style of flirtation specific to classrooms was of service to the students all their lives."
"I would observe to you that what is called style in writing or speaking is formed very early in life while the imagination is warm, and impressions are permanent."
"When I go out to eat, it's usually something moderate in style."
"We've become so postmodern as an audience and we're so familiar with the style of horror movies that they all kind of feel the same. I think if you can do something a little bit unexpected, then you as a filmmaker end up being one step ahead again. I think that's the key."
"If I was ever going to become a good designer, I had to leave America. My own culture was inhibiting me. Too much style in America is tacky. It's looked down upon to be too stylish. Europeans, however, appreciate style."
"My style is to keep folks in place who are good managers and want to win."
"I don't have a set working style. Some lyrics come really slow, others come in 10 minutes while I'm watching basketball. They're always a surprise to me."
"You got your own style, now let it come through. And remember no matter what, you got to be you."
"He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style."
"Finally I do like best of all stories whose necessity is in the implied recognition that someplace out there there exists an urgency-a chaos-, an insanity, a misrule of some dire sort which can end life as we know it but for the fact that this very story is written, this order found, this style determined, the worst averted, and we are beneficiaries of that order by being readers"
"My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up."
"They were recorded without processed cheese. Listen to old '50s records. The style may be dated, but the recording isn't."