Dimensions Quote by Arjun Mathur

Sometimes the essay is where we end up when everything that we know must change.

— John D'Agata

And I think a good writer's gonna make it interesting. From the first paragraph it will all be interesting. Just work at it and…

— Kurt Loder

My writing is a process of rewriting, of going back and changing and filling in. in the rewriting process you discover what's going on,…

— Joan Didion

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

— Khaled Hosseini

What I realized is that my interest in literature has more deeply structured my practice than I thought.

— Glenn Ligon

The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing.

— George Stephen

The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed.

— Rob Chapman

The subject, however various and important, has already been so frequently, so ably, and so successfully discussed, that it is now grown familiar to…

— Edward Gibbon

In my own little way, I feel like I'm part of a group of writers who care deeply about pushing the essay forward.

— David Shields

Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more.

— Cynthia Weil

One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that you're constantly dredging up some arcane knowledge or long-forgotten experience, rediscovering old passions…

— Christina Baker Kline

You must read a lot of personal essays - you needn't reinvent the wheel.

— Phillip Lopate