John Barth about himself, the story of a writer and a conversation: A drummer in an ocean of stories
by John Barth
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John Barth about himself, the story of a writer and a conversation: A drummer in an ocean of stories
Hemingway described his process in similar terms: acquiring rich experiences, then retreating to cogitate and write about them.
from When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Franz Kafka, after all, is the story writer whose “Poseidon” imagines a sea god so overwhelmed with administrative paperwork that he never gets to sail or swim,
from Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace
- An old friend of mine, a journalist, once said that paradise on earth was to work all day alone in anticipation of an evening in interesting company.
from Machines Like Me: A Novel by Ian McEwan
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How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but—mainly—to ourselves.
from The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Most of these prophets were introverts. Jesus definitely was. He’s never really doing all that much, if you think about it. He doesn’t even tell His own stories. He’d be fired from most churches today. He’s in a world of great fear, there’s evil, violence, and need all around him, so He often finds He needs time alone—in silence, in the desert, on
... See morefrom Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage by Anne Lamott