"Before my book," he wrote, "writing about sex gave the impression of being written by nonplaying coaches.
Other basic considerations are the general appearance and impression of the writing, the pressure of upward and downward strokes, and the smoothness of the writing.
In a mixed review, Slant Magazine's Matthew Cole found the album "too reverent in its retro to leave a lasting impression of its own", writing that it is "not devoid of solid tunes, but even the highlights are complacent genre exercises".
Indeed, this book sometimes gives the impression of having been written by Bellow's marvelous Hamlet-like creation, Herzog, a man of ideas who writes letters into the void to rail against life's letdowns.
Southampton gives the impression, Auden writes, of being "a young man who was not really very nice, very conscious of his good looks, able to switch on the charm at any moment, but essentially frivolous, cold-hearted and self-centered".
"I am conscious that this creates a fair impression of Andy Capp," he writes in a flash of self-recognition.
Maier's little volume tells of coping with a volcanic force who posed actual dangers, but it gives the unfortunate impression of having been written by someone with an overly comfortable upbringing: Maier tends to grade people by how nice they are to him.
M*A*S*H owes much of its success to Alan Alda's ability, playing Captain "Hawkeye" Pierce, to channel Caesar's chaotic energy in his performance, while Gelbart's Frank Burns and Hotlips Houlihan draw on the film's models, but give the impression of having been written for Caesar's sidekicks Howard Morris and Imogene Coca.
Although he had difficulty speaking and responded inappropriately, giving the impression of mixed dysphasia, written communication was normal, and he complained of deafness and dizziness.
"Absolute numbers of attacks give a misleading impression of the situation," wrote Bateman.
