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Tobias Wolff Quotes

It’s probably why I’m a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time Picture Quote #1

Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn’t have much time for anything else Picture Quote #1

There’s a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off Picture Quote #1

Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community Picture Quote #1

There’s no right way to tell all stories, only the right way to tell a particular story Picture Quote #1

I recall that my workshop leaders were tactful in their ways of acquainting me with my shortcomings as a writer. So much so that I hardly realized they were doing it. I want always to keep that sort of thing in mind when I’m teaching. The way you get better in everything in this life is to make mistakes. Otherwise you’re probably doing it right by accident. But you have to do everything wrong before you can really start with some authority to do it right Picture Quote #1

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Knowing that everything comes to an end is a gift of experience, a consolation gift for knowing that we ourselves are coming to an end. Before we get it we live in a continuous present, and imagine the future as more of that present. Happiness is endless happiness, innocent of its own sure passing. Pain is endless pain Picture Quote #1

One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them Picture Quote #1

Our memories tell us who we are and they cannot be achieved through committee work, by consulting other people about what happened. That doesn’t mean that at all times memories are telling us the absolute truth, but that the main source of who we are is that memory, flawed or not Picture Quote #1

Reasons always came with a purpose, to give the appearance of a struggle between principle and desire. Principle had power only until you found what you had to have Picture Quote #1

You felt it as a depth of ease in certain boys, their innate, affable assurance that they would not have to struggle for a place in the world; that is already reserved for them Picture Quote #1

Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow Picture Quote #1

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Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing Picture Quote #1

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It’s probably why I’m a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time (Tobias Wolff Quotes) Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn’t have much time for anything else (Tobias Wolff Quotes) There’s a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off (Tobias Wolff Quotes) Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community (Tobias Wolff Quotes) There’s no right way to tell all stories, only the right way to tell a particular story (Tobias Wolff Quotes) I recall that my workshop leaders were tactful in their ways of acquainting me with my shortcomings as a writer. So much so that I hardly realized they were doing it. I want always to keep that sort of thing in mind when I’m teaching. The way you get better in everything in this life is to make mistakes. Otherwise you’re probably doing it right by accident. But you have to do everything wrong before you can really start with some authority to do it right (Tobias Wolff Quotes) Knowing that everything comes to an end is a gift of experience, a consolation gift for knowing that we ourselves are coming to an end. Before we get it we live in a continuous present, and imagine the future as more of that present. Happiness is endless happiness, innocent of its own sure passing. Pain is endless pain (Tobias Wolff Quotes) One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them (Tobias Wolff Quotes) Our memories tell us who we are and they cannot be achieved through committee work, by consulting other people about what happened. That doesn’t mean that at all times memories are telling us the absolute truth, but that the main source of who we are is that memory, flawed or not (Tobias Wolff Quotes) Reasons always came with a purpose, to give the appearance of a struggle between principle and desire. Principle had power only until you found what you had to have (Tobias Wolff Quotes) You felt it as a depth of ease in certain boys, their innate, affable assurance that they would not have to struggle for a place in the world; that is already reserved for them (Tobias Wolff Quotes) Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow (Tobias Wolff Quotes) Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing (Tobias Wolff Quotes)

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