Frederick Busch was an American writer known for his novels and plays. His works often explore themes of family, love, and moral dilemmas, earning him acclaim from readers and critics alike.
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“....he knew that he'd run into his destiny as a man in the dark walks into a wall.”
Source: The Night Inspector
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Source: A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
Source: The Stories of Frederick Busch
“I have found myself writing poetry shortly after I retired. Which I hadn't done in forty years.”
“It's hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention.”
“I have a wonderful editor who believes in fiction and poetry. She herself is a novelist and poet.”
“If there is some blood on the pages then you have some readership.”
“The importance to the world of what we scribblers write is in doubt, I would think.”
“Hollywood is the model for publishing, more and more. Not just blockbusters either.”
“I know important literary writers who can't get published.”
“I always write the best that I can. And I won't publish it until I have done it right.”
“When I am writing a novel I try not to read great prose stylists into which I will fall.”
“You have to read history. You have to have a sense of history.”
“I'm not a philosopher. I am the next thing to a jock, which is a novelist.”
“I can't imagine having the courage to ask a publisher to do a whole book of my poems.”
“I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting.”
“Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say what is not sayable.”
Source: A Dangerous Profession: A Book About the Writing Life