Quoterly.net http://quoterly.net quotes to write by… Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:46:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 I also imagine that there’s some secret to writing, and no one will tell me what it is. I know it’s not true, but still. http://quoterly.net/i-also-imagine-that-theres-some-secret-to-writing-and-no-one-will-tell-me-what-it-is-i-know-its-not-true-but-still/ http://quoterly.net/i-also-imagine-that-theres-some-secret-to-writing-and-no-one-will-tell-me-what-it-is-i-know-its-not-true-but-still/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:46:09 +0000 Angela Fountas http://quoterly.net/?p=76 Andrea Barrett
Interviewed by Elizabeth Gaffney
The Paris Review, Issue 168

]]> http://quoterly.net/i-also-imagine-that-theres-some-secret-to-writing-and-no-one-will-tell-me-what-it-is-i-know-its-not-true-but-still/feed/ I read hungrily and delightedly, and have realized since that you can’t write unless you read. http://quoterly.net/i-read-hungrily-and-delightedly-and-have-realized-since-that-you-cant-write-unless-you-read/ http://quoterly.net/i-read-hungrily-and-delightedly-and-have-realized-since-that-you-cant-write-unless-you-read/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:44:27 +0000 Angela Fountas http://quoterly.net/?p=73 William Trevor
interviewed by Mira Stout
The Paris Review, Issue 110

]]> http://quoterly.net/i-read-hungrily-and-delightedly-and-have-realized-since-that-you-cant-write-unless-you-read/feed/ The only way to write a book, I’m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. That’s how you write a book. http://quoterly.net/the-only-way-to-write-a-book-im-fond-of-telling-people-is-to-actually-write-a-book-thats-how-you-write-a-book/ http://quoterly.net/the-only-way-to-write-a-book-im-fond-of-telling-people-is-to-actually-write-a-book-thats-how-you-write-a-book/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:03:29 +0000 Angela Fountas http://quoterly.net/?p=66 Anne Enright
Q & A after a reading from The Gathering
Seattle Public Library, February 19, 2008

]]> http://quoterly.net/the-only-way-to-write-a-book-im-fond-of-telling-people-is-to-actually-write-a-book-thats-how-you-write-a-book/feed/ With writing…you have your eyes closed, and you’re passing your hand over the stove, trying to feel where the hot spots are…you trust the hot spots. http://quoterly.net/with-writingyou-have-your-eyes-closed-and-youre-passing-your-hand-over-the-stove-trying-to-feel-where-the-hot-spots-areyou-trust-the-hot-spots/ http://quoterly.net/with-writingyou-have-your-eyes-closed-and-youre-passing-your-hand-over-the-stove-trying-to-feel-where-the-hot-spots-areyou-trust-the-hot-spots/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:27:41 +0000 Angela Fountas http://quoterly.net/?p=50 George Saunders
interviewed by James Schiff
The World Within, Tin House Books

]]> http://quoterly.net/with-writingyou-have-your-eyes-closed-and-youre-passing-your-hand-over-the-stove-trying-to-feel-where-the-hot-spots-areyou-trust-the-hot-spots/feed/ The only rule I can come up with for short stories is something’s got to happen, but not too much. http://quoterly.net/the-only-rule-i-can-come-up-with-for-short-stories-is-something%e2%80%99s-got-to-happen-but-not-too-much/ http://quoterly.net/the-only-rule-i-can-come-up-with-for-short-stories-is-something%e2%80%99s-got-to-happen-but-not-too-much/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 01:09:36 +0000 admin http://quoterly.net/wordpress/?p=8 Helen Simpson
interviewed by Amanda Eyre Ward
The Believer, Vol. 5, No. 7

]]> http://quoterly.net/the-only-rule-i-can-come-up-with-for-short-stories-is-something%e2%80%99s-got-to-happen-but-not-too-much/feed/ You need to spend time to find the word that has weight. http://quoterly.net/you-need-to-spend-time-to-find-the-word-that-has-weight/ http://quoterly.net/you-need-to-spend-time-to-find-the-word-that-has-weight/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 01:08:37 +0000 admin http://quoterly.net/wordpress/?p=5 Aimee Bender
interviewed by Sarah Flynn and Adam O’Connor Rodriguez
Willow Springs, Fall 2007

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