“I subject my sentences and the words to a kind of Grand Inquisition.” KindSubjectsSentencesInquisition Author:Lynne Tillman
“I'm trying always to leave out what I think is extraneous. And to find what I think is the most wonderful language to make a beautiful sentence.” ThinkingTryingBeautifulLanguageWonderfulSentences Author:Lynne Tillman
“You could say this word is better to use than that word, this sentence is good and that sentence isn't. But you don't determine the value of your work for other people.” PeopleUseValuesDetermineSentences Author:Lynne Tillman
“When I'm choosing things, there's a level of intelligence I want to peel off, whether it's written in terribly simple sentences, whether it's from the point of view of a dog, or a 15-year-old boy.” WantYearsSimpleLevelsViewsBoysWrittenDogSentencesPoint Of View Author:Lynne Tillman
“I subject my sentences and the words to a kind of Grand Inquisition. I'm trying always to leave out what I think is extraneous. And to find what I think is the most wonderful language to make a beautiful sentence. Not beautiful in the sense of "oh it's flowy" but in the sense that it really does what it's supposed to do, it what I want it to say.” ThinkingWantTryingKindDoeBeautifulLanguageWonderfulSubjectsSentencesInquisition Author:Lynne Tillman
“It's easy, at this point in my life, very easy to write a beautiful sentence that's meaningless. A lot of writers do that. But I don't want it to be meaningless. I want it to actually say what I want it to say, and so I'm thinking about it again and again and again.” ThinkingWantWritingBeautifulEasySentencesMeaninglessAgain And Again Author:Lynne Tillman
