“I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too.” CharacterRoomsKnowingReaderNot KnowingSeriousnessMischiefKnowing EverythingKnowing More Author:Anne Enright
“In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between high seriousness of purpose and legendary lightness of touch.” LittlesLongPurposeSpaceLibrarySeriousnessNew YorkersLegendaryLightnessEerie Author:Adam Gopnik
“The Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to a writer in terms of how it affects your contracts, the publishers, and the seriousness with which your work is taken. On the other hand, it does interfere with your private life, or it can if you let it, and it has zero effect on the writing. It doesn't help you write better and if you let it, it will intimidate you about future projects.” IfsWritingDoeHelpingHandsHappensTermTakenEffectsProjectsBest ThingsPrizeZeroContractsInterferePublishersPrivate LifeSeriousnessIntimidatingNobelNobel Prize Author:Toni Morrison