“A lot of novelists start late-Conrad, Pirandello, even Mark Twain. When you're young, chess is all right, and music and poetry. But novel-writing is something else. It has to be learned, but it can't be taught. This bunkum and stinkum of college creative writing courses! The academics don't know that the only thing you can do for someone who wants to write is to buy him a typewriter.” KnowsWantWritingYoungCoursesCan DoNovelCreativeTaughtCollegeLateMarkChessNovelistsCreative WritingTypewritersNovel Writing Author:James M. Cain
“To claim, at a dead party, to have spotted a grackle, When in fact you haven't of late, can do no harm.” FactsTruthLyingCan DoPartyHavensLateClaimsHarm Book:Collected Poems 1943-2004 Source: Collected Poems 1943-2004
“That's the interesting thing about writing. You can start late, you can be ignorant of things, and yet, if you work hard and pay attention you can do a good job of it.” IfsWritingHardJobsCan DoInterestingPayAttentionHard WorkLateIgnorantPay AttentionGood JobInteresting Things Author:Lydia Davis