“And because the world is too big and time is too short and you only have one life to live, read!” — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
“Write in pictures. With your words, let the reader see not letters, but images. Be specific about every detail, but don't describe it--make it… — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
“Sound gives life to our words just as well as the images they conjure up and the sound is there, whether or not we… — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
“Grammar to a writer is to a mountaineer a good pair of hiking boots or, more precisely, to a deep-sea diver an oxygen tank.” — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
“Words are music to the ears, alone or together, with or without melody.” — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
“Every story is a ride to some place and time other than here and now. Buried in an armchair, reclined on a couch, prostrate… — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
“And yet—and yet—she enchants me, intrigues me, draws me like sin to hellfire. The infernal regions in the hollow between her breasts, wet and… — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
“And because the world is too big and time is too short and you only have one life to live, read!” — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
“The heart is a repository of emotions--real, imagined, and invented, owned and borrowed, past, present, future--and there in your chest, operating at an average… — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
