“Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.” GivingWritingOpportunityFictionReaderJournalismWitnessHiroshima Author:John Hersey
“When the writing is really working, I think there is something like dreaming going on. I don't know how to draw the line between the conscious management of what you're doing and this state. . . . I would say that it's related to daydreaming. When I feel really engaged with a passage, I become so lost in it that I'm unaware of my real surroundings, totally involved in the pictures and sounds that that passage evokes.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingRealStatesDreamLostSoundLinesKnow HowInvolvedDrawsConsciousManagementRelatedEngagedPassagesSurroundingsDaydreamingEvoke Author:John Hersey
“I thought of God as being able to talk big and write *very* small.” WritingBigsAble Book:The Child Buyer Source: The Child Buyer
“To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone - just plain going at it, in pain and delight. To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again, and once more, and over and over...” WritingLittlesPainWaitingDealsTypeGeniusBlueDelightSatisfiedFlamesPortionsDesksChillJet Author:John Hersey
“To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again and once more, and over and over.” WritingDealsTypeSatisfied Author:John Hersey
