I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I can make it. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes edit endlessly forward
A novel is a collision of ideas. Three or four threads may be floating around in the writer's consciousness, and at a single moment in time, these ideas collide and produce a novel. Anita Shreve collidecollisionconsciousness Change image and share on social
WWI is a romantic war, in all senses of the word. An entire generation of men and women left the comforts of Edwardian life to travel bravely, and sometimes even jauntily, to almost certain death. At the very least, any story or novel about WWI is about innocence shattered in the face of experience. Anita Shreve bravelycomfortdeath share on social
I have a Facebook page and a website. Beyond that, I'm actually a very private person. I'd rather see the focus on the books than on me. Anita Shreve bookfacebookfocus Change image and share on social
Babies are endlessly fascinating to look at and I'm obsessed about their complete and utter lack of guile. Minnie Driver babycompleteendlessly Change image and share on social
I am a part of the old school where I feel that purity of the language should be retained. But English is a constantly evolving language where new words are being added to the dictionary, so I don't see any harm in experimenting with the language. Only poor editing standards need to be improved. Ashwin Sanghi addconstantlydictionary share on social
Leverage is great when it works, and when it doesn't work, it creates a lot of issues. So I think if you limit the amount of leverage that people can borrow, or that banks can borrow, I think you'll find that you'll have a lot less issues going forward. Marc Lasry amountbankborrow share on social