“Your job isn't to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do― to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the street.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Just remember that Dumbo didn't need the feather; the magic was in him. ”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“I couldn't get you to the ocean, but there was nothing stopping me bringing the ocean to you.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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