“He came to chat with me the day of my being discharged, advising that I not stay at the dog fight until the last dog was dead. I was a kid and made little counsel. Now that I am a… — Gordon Lish Copy Share
“He came to chat with me the day of my being discharged, advising that I not stay at the dog fight until the last dog was dead. I was a kid and made little counsel. Now that I am a bigger kid, I see the value--belatedly--added. Yet I also see the loss of life in the protecting, first of all,… — Gordon Lish Copy Share
Writing is not about self-expression; it is about putting words on paper. — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
“...I have come to be convinced that it is only the unbending observance of custom that sustains life in an urban circumstance.” — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
I see the notion of talent as quite irrelevant. I see instead perseverance, application, industry, assiduity, will, will, will, desire, desire, desire. — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
“It’s not what happens to people on the page; it’s about what happens to a reader in his heart and mind.” — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
