“I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written.” ArtStoriesTogetherWrittenStructureI RealizedCollections Author:Jess Walter
“You probably have to trust that your work is following certain themes and certain movements, but then the rest is a kind of piecing together so that the whole becomes larger than the parts.” KindWholeTogetherCertainMovementFollowingTheme Author:Jess Walter
“Maybe every couple lived in the gaps between conversations, unable to say the important things for fear they had already been said, or couldn't be said; maybe every relationship started over every time two people came together.” PeopleSaidTwoImportantTogetherCoupleConversationImportant ThingsGaps Author:Jess Walter
“And even if they don't find what they're looking for, isn't it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight?” IfsEnoughTogetherWalkingSunlightWalking Together Author:Jess Walter
