“Once, before leaving on vacation, I copied an entire page from an Alice Munro story and left it in my typewriter, hoping a burglar might come upon it and mistake her words for my own. That an intruder would spend his valuable time reading, that he might be impressed by the description of a crooked face, was something I did not question, as I believed, and still do, that stories save you.” WritingStoriesReadingWriters On WritingAlice Munro Author:Jincy Willett
“Reading was not an escape for her, any more than it is for me. It was an aspect of direct experience. She distinguished, of course, between the fictional world and the real one, in which she had to prepare dinners and so on. Still, for us, the fictional world was an extension of the real, and in no way a substitute for it, or refuge from it. Any more than sleeping is a substitute for waking." (Jincy Willett)” WorldWayStillsRealCoursesReadingSleepAspectDirectDinnerSubstitutesWakingRefugeExtensionsDistinguishedReal OnesFictional Worlds Book:Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather Source: Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather
