“The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how.” KnowsWritingDoeProcessKnowingTasksNot KnowingEmbarking Author:Donald Barthelme
“It is difficult to keep the public interested. The public demands new wonders piled on new wonders. Often we don't know where our next marvel is coming from. The supply of strange ideas is not endless.” KnowsIdeasNextDifficultWonderStrangeDemandEndless Author:Donald Barthelme
“--Why are we fighting them? --They're mad. We're sane. --How do we know? --That we're sane? --Yes. --Am I sane? --To all appearances. --And you, do you consider yourself sane? --I do. --Well, there you have it. --But don't they also consider themselves sane? --I think they know. Deep down. That they're not sane. --How must that make them feel? --Terrible, I should think. They must fight ever more fiercely, in order to deny what they know to be true. That they are not sane.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsShouldWellsOrderFightingTerribleMadAppearanceDenyBeing TrueSaneDeep Down Author:Donald Barthelme
“The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do.” KnowsDoeTasksCrafts Author:Donald Barthelme
“Yes, success is everything. Failure is more common. Most achieve a sort of middling thing, but fortunately one's situation is always blurred, you never know absolutely quite where you are.” KnowsSuccessCommonSituationAchieveWhere You Are Book:Sixty stories Source: Sixty stories
