Eudora Welty, On Writing Quotes
Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.
Learning stamps you with it's moments. Childhood's learning is made up of moments. It isn't steady. It's a pulse.
I am a writer who came from a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.
Henry James said there isn't any difference between "the English novel" and "the American novel" since there are only two kinds of novels at all, the good and the bad.
I can't think I had much of a sense of humor as long as I remained the only child. When my brother Edward came along we both became comics, making each other laugh.