“I feel like I'm almost ready to write fiction about the border. But even after 10 years of writing nonfiction about it, I don't think I know quite enough to do it right.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingYearsEnoughFictionReadyBordersNonfictionWriting Nonfiction Author:William T. Vollmann
“Whereas if I want to create a prostitute character now from memories of different prostitutes and inventing stuff, I can say, "this could happen," "this is quite plausible." But I don't feel I know enough about border life to do the latter.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsI CanDifferentEnoughCharacterHappensStuffMemoriesBordersLatterInventingPlausible Author:William T. Vollmann