April 20, 2009

Quoth he...

some uplifting quotes about writing:


"Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications." - Raymond Carver.


"It is possible to write a line of seemingly innocuous dialogue and have it send chills along a reader's spine.... That's the kind of writing that most interests me." -Raymond Carver.


"No cheap tricks." -Geoffrey Wolff

"No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place." -Isaac Babel


"In the end, the satisfaction of having done our best, and the proof of that labor, is the one thing we can take to the grave." -Raymond Carver


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