Ann Patchett
Author: cwq
“Humor is what happens when we’re told the truth quicker and more directly than we’re used to.”
George Saunders
“The generalizing writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I’m not being clear, exactly, but don’t you kind of feel what I’m feeling?”
George Saunders
The revelation of modern drama is that you can apply the Aristotelian unities to … a very, very small human interchange. … It [doesn’t] have to be about conquering France. It can be about who did or did not turn on the gas on the stove.”
David Mamet
“Writing is the easiest thing in the world. … Just try it sometime. I sit up with a pipe in my mouth and a board on my knees and I scribble away.”
Mark Twain
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
Madeleine L’Engle
“I want my characters to be believable. I want the story to be convincing. And I want to write good sentences. It’s as simple and difficult as that.”
Kevin Henkes
“I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don’t. After all, everyone speaks. Once the grammar has been learnt it is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.”
Beryl Bainbridge