Author: cwq
“When we were young, we were told that poetry is about voice, about finding a voice and speaking with this voice, but the older I get I think it’s not about voice, it’s about listening and the art of listening, listening with attention. I don’t just mean with the ear; bringing the quality of attention to the world. The writers I like best are those who attend.”
“The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.”
Clifton Fadiman
“There are, in a way, only two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lesser ones, who can only give you themselves.”
Clifton Fadiman
“At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.”
Raymond Chandler
“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.”
E.L. Doctorow
“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
E.L. Doctorow
“Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.”
Arnold Bennett