“I can't stand it when people say, "If you're writing a novel, you should read this and that." Because it's like giving someone another person's prescription. How do you know that's what they need?” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsGivingShouldWritingPersonsI CanNovelDo You KnowPrescriptions Author:Sandra Cisneros
“In writing a novel, the writer must be able to identify emotionally and intellectually with two or three or four contradicting perspectives and give each of them very a convincing voice. It's like playing tennis with yourself and you have to be on both sides of the yard. You have to be on both sides, or all sides if there are more than two sides.” IfsGivingWritingTwoAbleThreeSidesVoiceNovelFourPerspectiveTennisYardsBoth SidesConvincingTwo SidesContradicting Author:Amos Oz