“I think art, if it's meaningful at all, is a conversation with other artists. You say something, they say something, you move back and forth.” IfsThinkingArtMovingArtistConversationMeaningfulBack And Forth Author:John Baldessari
“Most writers I know move back and forth between the rational and the intuitive, though there are some who approach writing very rationally, and others who claim not to think their work through.” ThinkingKnowsWritingMovingApproachClaimsRationalIntuitiveBack And Forth Author:Peter Turchi
“It is easy for desire to be caught like a bird in a net, its wings fouled and twisted, no longer free to cross back and forth between silence and word. Desire may also find itself so amputated by tradition and community that it wanders in a void with nothing to orient it, to shape or discipline it. Desire must find ways to navigate its bitter and sweet paradox: it moves toward but also always through and beyond every object.” WayMayMovingDesireEasyCommunitySilenceObjectsSweetDisciplineShapesBirdTraditionCrossesWingsCaughtBitterWanderParadoxVoidTwistedBack And ForthNavigate Author:Wendy Farley
“When I wrote The Interestings, I wanted to let time unspool, to give the book the feeling of time passing. I had to allow myself the freedom to move back and forth in time freely, and to trust that readers would accept this.” GivingBookFeelingsWantedMovingAcceptingReaderPassingPassingsBack And ForthTime PassingTime Passes Author:Meg Wolitzer