The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story. Tobias Wolff platereadreader Change image and share on social
Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow. Tobias Wolff controlflowfunny Change image and share on social
I love Chekhov. I could go on all day about him. Tobias Wolff chekhovdaylove Change image and share on social
Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it. Tobias Wolff libertyobligationwriter Change image and share on social
It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time. Tobias Wolff formgrownarrative Change image and share on social
When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else. Tobias Wolff decidemomentwant Change image and share on social
But a lot of writers - and I'm one of them - do tend to feel dissatisfied. It makes you a little hard to live with, but it's a goad and does keep you alert and restless. Tobias Wolff alertdissatisfyfeel Change image and share on social
Perhaps that is why the novel flourished in England. You had these communities that would stay put and people would see one another all the time and cause one another to change and have the opportunity to observe the changes over time. Tobias Wolff changecommunityengland share on social
You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels. Tobias Wolff clueconstructdisappoint Change image and share on social
Anybody can be very destructive in that position without at all meaning to be, and I know that I have been inadvertently destructive in the past for certain people on certain occasions. Tobias Wolff destructiveinadvertentlymean Change image and share on social
