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Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.

Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

I've gotten very alert not just to mixed metaphor but to any writing mistake.

When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.

The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that isn't funny on some level is quite hard.

Metaphor matters because it creates expectations.

Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute.

My fans have always loved my metaphors.

The thing about metaphors is that, if you give them away, you give away the mystery.