“To be a writer you need to see things as they are, and to see things as they are you need a certain basic innocence.” NeedsCertainInnocence Author:Tobias Wolff
“You felt it as a depth of ease in certain boys, their innate, affable assurance that they would not have to struggle for a place in the world; that is already reserved for them.” WorldCertainFeltBoysStruggleDepthEaseAssuranceInnateReservedPlaces In The WorldAffable Book:Old School Source: Old School
“The very act of writing assumes, to begin with, that someone cares to hear what you have to say. It assumes that people share, that people can be reached, that people can be touched and even in some cases changed. So many of the things in our world lead us to despair. It seems to me that the final symptom of despair is silence, and that storytelling is one of the sustaining arts; it’s one of the affirming arts. A writer may have a certain pessimism in his outlook, but the very act of being a writer seems to me to be an optimistic act.” PeopleWorldWritingMayArtSeemsCareCertainSilenceCasesShareChangedDespairAssumingFinalsStorytellingOptimisticTouchedOur WorldPessimismSymptomsOutlookSustainingAffirming Author:Tobias Wolff
“There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.” WritingStoriesJoyCertainWonderfulRewardsShort StoryWriting ShortWriting Short Stories Author:Tobias Wolff
