It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting. — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
Prose is like this big block - you write big paragraphs. I feel that when I'm reading and writing, that a prose… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
You know how some people write every day at a certain point? I'm not like that. I carry something around for a… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
A readers eyes may glaze over after they take in a couple of paragraphs about Canadian tariffs or political developments in Pakistan;… — Donald E. Graham Copy Share Image
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
A Hallmark card with paragraphs about my beauty written by a stranger is vaguely depressing. — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I think about all my scenes. I do so much revising as I go along; I wonder how I could write books… — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
“You can tell a paragraph is slipping out of control when there's a runaway use of the word 'hence.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image