The story must strike a nerve – in me. My heart should start pounding when I hear the first line in my head. I start trembling at the risk. Susan Sontag
A poem is an empty suitcase that you can never quit emptying. Kay Ryan
A plot without action is like pasta without garlic, like Dolly Parton without cleavage, and like a writer without his smiles. Dean Kootz
The use of language is all we have to pit against death and silence. Joyce Carol Oates
If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they’ll be in the right place. Annie Proulx

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