“I always say writing fiction isn't something you teach. It's something you do, and only experimentation - i.e. doing it, either badly or good sometimes - can help anybody get any better or worse at it.” WritingSometimesHelpingFictionTeachExperimentationWriting Fiction Author:Peter Orner
“I sometimes wonder if our memories are a myth. We think we remember, but we are remembering the story and not the actual event?” ThinkingSometimesRememberMemoriesWonderMythOur Memories Author:Peter Orner
“I think that maybe happy families don't need stories the way unhappy families need stories. Maybe they're too busy living that they don't actually step back and talk about life like the Anton Chekhov quote. I prefer Anton Chekhov to Lev Tolstoy, and the reason is because of what he leaves out. Sometimes I think Tolstoy had a theory that he was proving and he proved it. Chekhov is more ambiguous.” ThinkingSometimesReasonProveBusyUnhappyToo BusyAmbiguousHappy FamilyUnhappy Family Author:Peter Orner
