My experience of fiction was, in the beginning, so exploratory. I wasn't sitting down to a desk at Yaddo with a month, thinking I have to have a draft of a novel. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes begin desk draft
It's totally appropriate to be anxious about the future of things you care about, especially in a shifting world. But I've every expectation that literature will continue to exist. Bill Clegg anxiouscarecontinue Change image and share on social
I'm rereading Jenny Offill's 'Dept. of Speculation.' I love it, and she's just a magician. Line by line and paragraph by paragraph, it's mesmerizing and so intricately plotted and so nimble. Bill Clegg deptintricatelyjenny Change image and share on social
William Kittredge's 'Hole in the Sky' is one of my favorite books. Ian Frazier's 'Family' I adore. Bill Clegg adorebookfamily Change image and share on social
It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with. Mary Shelley beginconcentratemind Change image and share on social
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? Laurence J. Peter cleanclutterdesk Change image and share on social
It's funny because you know the novel process: you get the drafts, you get the galley, and then you get the galley proofs. You have opportunities to change things all along. But the further along in the process you go, the more careful you have to be in making those changes, and the smaller the changes have to be. Greg Rucka carefulchangedraft share on social