“No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you will inevitably and helplessly write. A born writer has self-knowledge. Read, read, read. And if you are a fiction writer, dont confine yourself to reading fiction. Every writer is first a wide reader.” IfsWritingFirstsMaySelfReadingBornFictionClassTeachReaderWideUrgesSelf KnowledgeFiction WritersReading Fiction Author:Cynthia Ozick
“Two things remain irretrievable: time and a first impression.” FirstsTwoTimeImpressionTwo ThingsFirst Impression Book:Trust Source: Trust
“There's a paradox in rereading. You read the first time for rediscovery: an encounter with the confirming emotions. But you reread for discovery: you go to the known to figure out the workings of the unknown, the why of the familiar how.” FirstsEmotionKnownFiguresDiscoveryFirst TimeFamiliarEncountersParadoxRereadingRediscovery Author:Cynthia Ozick
“Fiction does not invent out of a vacuum, but it invents; and what it invents is, first, the fabric and cadence of language, and then a slant of idea that sails out of these as a fin lifts from the sea.” FirstsDoeIdeasLanguageFictionSeaLiftsFabricSailVacuumsCadenceFins Book:The Din in the Head Source: The Din in the Head
“It's true that the young who now flock to script writing, or producing and directing, to fulfill the demands of these new devices would, in an earlier period, have been submitting to magazines and working on their first novels. But even in the midst of all these "digital products," the wonder of it is that there are still so many young writers who continue to believe in the venerable print novel as the corridor to fame and fortune.” WritingFirstsBelieveHas BeensStillsYoungWonderNovelProductsPeriodsFameDemandFortuneScriptsMagazinesDigitalMidstDevicesPrintFlocksCorridorsYoung Writers Author:Cynthia Ozick
