our finest writing will certainly come from what is unregenerate in ourselves. It will come from the part that is obdurate, unbanishable,… — Bonnie Friedman Education Copy Share Image
To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get… — Bonnie Friedman Book Copy Share Image
“Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely. We can unlock our lives with a pencil tip.” — Bonnie Friedman Daily life Copy Share Image
What is this thing that has us chewing at our own selves, grating ourselves against our own sharp sieve? It is the… — Bonnie Friedman Chewing Copy Share Image
“We should be told: Write fast, write close to the bone, write for ten hours straight until you’re not thinking in words… — Bonnie Friedman Writing Copy Share Image
Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely. — Bonnie Friedman Daily life Copy Share Image
The antidote to envy is one's own work. Always one's own work. Not the thinking about it. Not the assessing of it.… — Bonnie Friedman Answers Copy Share Image
Fiction structures an experience for the reader to live through. ... That is why people read: to have experiences. — Bonnie Friedman Book Copy Share Image
Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing. They are the ones… — Bonnie Friedman Believe Copy Share Image
Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing. — Bonnie Friedman Inspirational Copy Share Image
Writing teaches writing. Your writing will teach you how to write if you work hard enough and have enough faith. — Bonnie Friedman Education Copy Share Image
We are constantly telling ourselves what we most want to know, and at the same time are deaf to it. Why does… — Bonnie Friedman Bites Copy Share Image
Envy is one of the scorpions of the mind, often having little to do with the objective, external world. — Bonnie Friedman Envy Copy Share Image
“Every day I must prove to myself I am a writer. The knowledge goes away in my sleep. What I wrote yesterday… — Bonnie Friedman Every day Copy Share Image
“Stories hang from the trees, hive under the coffee table, gather like glass on the corners of the road. To pick them… — Bonnie Friedman Writing Copy Share Image
“Plot joined the expedition unwooed, as a necessary companion. It was not the scout. The scout was a certain mood. I followed… — Bonnie Friedman Adventure Copy Share Image
The only way [the book can be written] is to set the unbook-the gilt-framed portrait of the book-right there on the altar… — Bonnie Friedman Altars Copy Share Image
Fiction must convince our bodies for it to have any chance of convincing our minds. — Bonnie Friedman Body Copy Share Image
I spent the morning smashing fliesI killed one fly against the doorjamb. Another I stalked into the kitchen...A third fly wavered by… — Bonnie Friedman Crowds Copy Share Image
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