“I tend to think of fiction as being mainly about characters and human beings and inner experience, whereas essays can be much more expository and didactic and more about subjects or ideas.” ThinkingHumansIdeasCharacterHuman BeingsFictionSubjectsEssaysDidactic Author:David Foster Wallace
“Every essay - the subject matter of every essay - is ultimately about the essayist; him or herself. That ultimately, every essayist is writing about his or her view of the world.” WorldWritingMatterViewsSubjectsEssaysSubject MatterEssayists Author:Alan Lightman