A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.
Samuel Johnson
Quotes
Literature is the best way of telling the truth; its a process of producing grand, beautiful, well-ordered lies that tell more truth than any assemblage of facts.
Julian Barnes
Literature is the best way
Adverbs weaken the very ideas they’re trying to beef up.
June Casagrande
Adverbs weaken the very ideas
My short stories are like soft shadows I have set out in the world, faint footprints I have left… like guideposts to my heart.
Haruki Murakami
My short stories are like
Wanting to be a writer and not wanting to get rejected is like wanting to be a boxer and not wanting to get punched.
David Barr Kirtley