“What else is writing a novel but playing with dolls?”

—FK, phoned-in, 24 Jan 07

“…concision is precision…”

and

“Let some stuff that you think is interesting drop away.”

->exc’ed frum Davey Robbins on bksp.org

The writers who go the distance, he insisted, have a distinct subject matter, a particular approach that sets them apart from everyone else. The mere mention of their names, Faulkner, for example, or Edith Wharton, conjures themes, settings, methods, tones, and attitudes that are unique to them.

How did they get to be so distinctive? By responding to who they were and the forces that made them that way.

Backspace– The Writer’s Place