I teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion. Tobias Wolff 20s30sbring 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
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
I try to help people become the best possible editors of their own work, to help them become conscious of the things they do well, of the things they need to look at again, of the wells of material they have not even begun to dip their buckets into. Tobias Wolff beginbucketconscious share on social
But as my brother was doing his research for a book about my father, it became his opinion that the most influential anti-semitism my father encountered when he was growing up was from Jews, because his relatives were German Jews, and doctors. Tobias Wolff antibookbrother share on social
I love Chekhov. I could go on all day about him. Tobias Wolff chekhovdaylove Change image and share on social
Because the more you write the more you're aware of the weight of your tradition and the difficulties of the form and the more you have already done that you do not want to do again. Tobias Wolff awaredifficultyform 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
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
The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story. Tobias Wolff platereadreader Change image and share on social