Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk. Votes: 17
Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain. Votes: 13
There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone. Votes: 5
Dialogue should convey a sense of spontaneity but eliminate the repetitiveness of real talk. Votes: 0
If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea. Votes: 0
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought. Votes: 0
What I have found is, anything one keeps hidden should now and then be hidden somewhere else. Votes: 0
Not only is there no question of solitude, but in the long run we may not choose our company. Votes: 0
Dogs are a habit, I think. Votes: 0
Raids are slightly constipating. Votes: 0
I pity people who do not care for Society. They are poorer for the oblation they do not make. Votes: 0
nobody ever dies of an indignity. Votes: 0
Wariness had driven away poetry; from hesitating to feel came the moment when you no longer could. Votes: 0
Plot is the knowing of destination. Votes: 0
Style is the thing that's always a bit phony, and at the same time you cannot write without style. Votes: 0
[My early stories] are the work of a living writer whom I know in a sense, but can never meet. Votes: 0
The silence of a shut park does not sound like the country silence; it is tense and confined. Votes: 0
We have really no absent friends. Votes: 0
without fiction, either life would be insufficient or the winds from the north would blow too cold. Votes: 0
For people who live on expectations, to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal. Votes: 0
Autumn arrives in the early morning. Votes: 0
The paradox of romantic love -- that what one possesses, one can no longer desire -- was at work. Votes: 0