“So here is where I am so far, and this is all I know: the world is a big sardine can, and some of us are too agreeable for words. Most of us, really.” — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
“I thought, you see, that there must be some connection between money and memorable experience; between rare wine and rare intelligence. In short, I… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write. — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
“I love you," Kenneth said, with terrible dispassion, "but I would not burn the Library of Alexandria for you"; and Anita, drily sobbing, cried,… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
“With this book I hope what I always hope—that readers will nod their heads (not constantly, you know, but at the odd juncture) and… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
“(D)ialogue is generally the worst choice for exposition. 'When you're writing lines...you need to focus on the way people actually talk. And when we… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
“You might ask yourself why you want to surprise your readers in the first place. A surprise ending is sort of like a surprise… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
“Fiction, when it's done right, does in the daylight what dreams do at night: we leave the confines of our own experiences and go… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
Honestly, my sales pitch when I was a kid was, 'You don't want these Girl Scout cookies, do you?' If I had to push… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
“But all this was beside the point. What scared Amy was the mere fact of what looked inescapably like recreational malevolence. The poem had… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
“(T)hey were at ease with each other, which was essential to a productive workshop.” — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
