“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.” ShouldWritingDifferentStoriesReadingTeacherCreationShapesPagesSentencesFinest Author:Annie Proulx
“In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter.” WayStoriesHouseNovelistsRoughInsightfulShort StoryCarpenterStory Writers Author:Annie Proulx
“I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.” ThinkingWritingImportantStoriesSpaceReader Author:Annie Proulx
“I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.” PlayStoriesHairBalanceIntensitySatisfyingShort StoryBrevity Author:Annie Proulx
“It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, worldview and thoughts.” WorldStoriesFeelingsViewsReaderPrejudiceFinishedLife ExperienceWorld View Author:Annie Proulx
