Style and taste do not have anything to do with the other. It's the difference between wit and humor. Robert Benton More Quotes by Robert Benton More Quotes From Robert Benton Every since high school I've been drawn to magazines. Robert Benton magazines high-school school I was dyslexic as a child and it took me years to get passed that. I read a lot but it was hard and that didn't go away until my early-to-mid-twenties. So really what I was looking at were the photographs and the illustrations in magazines. Robert Benton illustration children years I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies. Robert Benton down-and stories writing Having one perfect thing was less important than having a range of ideas, realizing they were all taking you in a certain direction. Robert Benton important perfect ideas Sometimes other people have better ideas. Robert Benton sometimes people ideas It's interesting that there are places that words can't get to. Robert Benton interesting Beauty doesn't have anything to do with prettiness. Beauty has to do with something else; it gets into an area where words can't go. Robert Benton prettiness areas Taste has nothing to do with style. Robert Benton style taste Style lasts forever and taste doesn't. Robert Benton style lasts forever