“I've always had standards about writing well. There is art in this business. There is potentially great art.” WritingWellsArtStandardsJournalismGreat ArtWriting Well Author:Gay Talese
“I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.” ThinkingWritingTurnsFinishedFinished Work Author:Gay Talese
“I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or they are figures in a short story or a novel.” PeopleWritingPlayCharacterStoriesAmericaCitiesNovelAliveCenturyFiguresNew YorkShort Story20th Century Author:Gay Talese
“For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work.” WritingTeachExampleCollegeProgram Author:Gay Talese
