Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is chock full of them and sometimes depends on an especially hoary one. — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on the same story without it being close enough to their life experience to fuel their commitment. — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a stranger has been up to from the… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I regard all general advice with skepticism. — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
“A hand landed on his ass and urged him on and there was no wall, there were no obstacles, there was only the sea of Margaret, the hot bath of her enveloping love. She put her lips to his ear and whispered warm while cool hands pressed his back and steered him all the way into her. ‘You’ll never get… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share
Whether you want to entertain or to provoke, to break hearts or reassure them, what you bring to your writing must consist of your… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
“Re: Central Park But the height proved the awesome truth that the park was made by man: nature re-created where it had been killed.” — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is chock full of them and… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
“... and that did it. That brought those depthless blue eyes within a foot, perhaps six inches, maybe even closer, and something happened inside… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn -… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
New York is a much more bourgeois city, more of a tourist attraction than a muscular metropolis. It's lost moxie and a rough energy,… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on the same… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
I didn't want readers to think I was asking to be praised for taking care of my wife while she was ill. Lots of… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
“And into its bland merciless face what did he have to show as his proof that he deserved to live? - Nothing but that… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
