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
And you can tell the writers who do it - Robert Stone, for example, who with each new novel is doing something new. I appreciate that in other writers. Tobias Wolff robertstonewriter Change image and share on social
Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else. Tobias Wolff startstorytime Change image and share on social
There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody. Tobias Wolff fallinevitablyparody Change image and share on social
Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community. Tobias Wolff actualcommunitypeople Change image and share on social
Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented. Tobias Wolff expressionfragmentlend Change image and share on social
I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels. Tobias Wolff closeformnovel Change image and share on social
There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off. Tobias Wolff joypullreward Change image and 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
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
