There must be a balance of honesty and charity in the workshop. Everyone must be aware of a fellow human being behind the work being discussed, and criticism has to be useful, not just derogatory or laudatory. — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Only reading, she knew, could distract her from her obsessive thoughts and restore her sense of peace.” — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language, making the creative process something like eavesdropping at a party for which you've had the fun of drawing up the guest list. Loneliness usually doesn't set in until the work is finished, and all the partygoers and their… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share
There must be a balance of honesty and charity in the workshop. Everyone must be aware of a fellow human being behind the work… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language. — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Jews, Germans, and Allies is an important historical document, especially in light of those revisionists who would impose a universal amnesia about the suffering… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
My adrenaline started pumping anytime I was within a hundred yards of a bookshop. I loved books nearly as much as I loved clothes.… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Bee had been the glue that held them all together, then he was the Velcro. Not as secure, maybe, but there would be an… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Only reading, she knew, could distract her from her obssessive thoughts and restore her sense of peace.” — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
The raw beauty of Natalia Ginzburg’s prose compels our gaze. First we look inward, with the shock of recognition inspired by all great writing,… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
hardly anything in L.A. was close to anywhere else you wanted to go. — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
