Peter Elbow

“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it. Language makes…

— Peter Elbow

“The real reason that language so often carries magic is because humans have trouble not ascribing special power to it.”

— Peter Elbow

Meaning is not what you start with, but what you end up with.

— Peter Elbow

Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try…

— Peter Elbow

Certainty is rarely if ever possible and we increase the likelihood of getting things wrong if we succumb to the hunger for…

— Peter Elbow

It is the moment when what was chaos is now seen as having a center of gravity. There is a shape where…

— Peter Elbow

Producing writing is not so much like filling a basin or pool once, but rather getting water to keep flowing through till…

— Peter Elbow

The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard?

— Peter Elbow

“I've come to suspect that whenever any ability is difficult to learn and rarely performed well, it's probably because contraries are called…

— Peter Elbow

It's an unnecessary burden to try to think of words and also worry at the same time whether they're the right words.

— Peter Elbow

Writing with voice is writing into which someone has breathed. It has that fluency, rhythm, and liveliness that exist naturally in the…

— Peter Elbow