“I don’t go back and look at my early work, because the last time I did, many years ago, it left me cringing. If one publishes, then one is creating a public record of Learning to Write.” IfsWritingYearsLooksLastsLeftRecordsCreatingYears AgoLast TimePublishEarly Work Author:Lorrie Moore
“Zest. Gusto. How rarely one hears these words used. How rarely do we see people living, or for that matter, creating, by them. Yet if I were asked to name the most important items in a writer's make-up, the things that shape his material and rush him along the road he wants to go. I would only warn him to look to his zest, see to his gusto.” PeopleIfsWantLooksImportantMatterUsedNamesMaterialsShapesCreatingItemsZestGusto Author:Ray Bradbury
“Look, I know you meant well creating the world and all, but how could you let it get away from you like this? How come you couldn't stick with your original idea of paradise? People's lives were a mess.” PeopleKnowsWorldWellsLooksIdeasCreatingOriginalsSticksMessParadiseGet AwayAway From YouOriginal Ideas Book:The Secret Life of Bees Source: The Secret Life of Bees
“Everybody has that feeling when they look at a work of art and it's right, that sudden familiarity, a sort of...recognition, as though they were creating it themselves, as though it were being created through them while they look at it or listen to it.” LooksArtFeelingsCreatingRecognitionWorks Of ArtFamiliarity Author:William Gaddis