“It takes an awful lot of time for me to write anything. I have endless drafts, one after another; and I try out 50, 75, or a hundred variations on a single line sometimes. I work on the process of refining low-grade ore. I get maybe a couple of nu ggets of gold out of 50 tons of dirt. It is tough for me. No, I am not inspired.” WritingTryingSometimesProcessLinesCoupleLowsHundredToughGoldInspiredEndlessCraftsAwfulGradesDirtVariationRefiningSingle Line Author:James Dickey
“To have guilt you've got to earn guilt, but sometimes when you earn it, you don't feel the guilt you ought to have. And that's what The Firebombing is about.” FeelsSometimesOughtGuilt Book:Self-interviews Source: Self-interviews
“To say that its wrong to feel this way is not the point; you do feel it. All you see is a flash of fire and, depending on your altitude, you don't even see that sometimes.” WayFeelsSometimesFireFlash Author:James Dickey
