“The only way [the book can be written] is to set the unbook-the gilt-framed portrait of the book-right there on the altar and sacrifice it, truly sacrifice it. Only then may the book, the real live flawed finite book, slowly, sentence by carnal sentence, appear.” WayMayBookRealWrittenSacrificeSentencesPortraitsFiniteFlawedAltarsFramed Author:Bonnie Friedman
“To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.” WayGivingBookWrittenGiving UpGains Book:Writing past dark: envy, fear, distraction, and other dilemmas in the writer's life Source: Writing past dark: envy, fear, distraction, and other dilemmas in the writer's life
