“I always thought of writing as holy. I still do. It’s not something to be approached casually.” WritingStillsHoly Author:Deborah Eisenberg
“Whether it is done quickly or slowly, however splendid the results, the process of writing fiction is inherently, inevitably, indistinguishable from wasting time.” WritingDoneProcessResultsFictionWasting TimeSplendidWriting Fiction Author:Deborah Eisenberg
“When one writes, there’s the double horror of discovering not only what it is that one so fears but also the triviality of that fear.” WritingHorrorDiscoveringTriviality Author:Deborah Eisenberg
“You write something and there’s no reality to it. You can’t inject it with any kind of reality. You have to be patient and keep going, and then, one day, you can feel something signaling to you from the innermost recesses. Like a little person trapped under the rubble of an earthquake. And very, very, very slowly you find your way toward the little bit of living impulse.” WayFeelsWritingKindLittlesPersonsRealityBitsOne DayLittle BitPatientImpulseKeep GoingTrappedBe PatientEarthquakesRecessRubble Author:Deborah Eisenberg
“The world we live in has been and is being increasingly politicized so that our daily experience is more and more a matter of public policy. A lot of fiction comes out of a child's feeling of, "Hey, that's not fair."” WorldWritingChildrenHas BeensMatterFeelingsFictionPolicyFairsHeyPublic PolicyNot FairDaily Experience Author:Deborah Eisenberg
