The subtle Japanese style Grant now values most: imagery used sparingly and purposefully, faint colours that still paint a picture, meaning 'lurking beneath the sentences'.
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- The best authors are invisible
Great prose doesn't tap your shoulder to show off; with a light touch, meaning lurks beneath the sentences rather than on the page.
That's what I value most highly these days: this very subtle style of writing where the colors are very faint. They still paint a picture; they're not these bright, loud, fluorescent colors.
That Japanese light touch: you need to look carefully, and you start to see something. It's not on the page, but it's there. It's lurking beneath the sentences.