“Is the story developing an attitude or victimized by it.” StoriesAttitudeCraftsDeveloping Author:Leonard Michaels
“The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling.” StoriesSongSingingCraftsProse Author:Leonard Michaels
“Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than the story. The words sit there on the page like coins, with their own opacity, as though they're there for their own sake. "A man goes into a phone booth, stirring coins in his palm." "Stirring" is such an obviously selected word. You can feel the writer looking for the word as he sat at the typewriter.” MenWayFeelsSometimesStoriesFeelingsLanguageReaderPagesSakePhonesCraftsSatCoinsPalmsStirringSelectedTypewritersPhone Booth Author:Leonard Michaels
“I can only gesture at what makes a story good.” I CanStoriesTeachingGestures Author:Leonard Michaels
“Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought.” ShouldLongStoriesNaturalLustApples Author:Leonard Michaels
