Able Quote by David Foster Wallace

Writing in certain environments carries with it an occupational risk.

— Wole Soyinka

As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall…

— Candace Bushnell

It's so difficult to be conscious of a development of a style. You find yourself writing in a certain style, and the analysis of…

— Sally Rooney

I strive to use references that may still make some kind of sense once our age has passed into history. That robs my writing…

— Michel Faber

If I can be writing, I can take a certain amount of control when so much around me is upsetting.

— Carolyn Chute

As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall…

— Candace Bushnell

“We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies--but this is very different.”

— David Foster Wallace

Please learn the pragmatics of expressing fear: sometimes words that seem to express really invoke. This can be tricky.

— David Foster Wallace

I think the only thing for me, the tricky thing with the footnotes, is that they are an irritant, and they require a little…

— David Foster Wallace

“I told you; I am Arianna, the Siren, your Guardian, and how is a Guardian supposed to do her job if she is clueless…

— Erica Sehyun Song

“That was enough dialogue for a few pages - he had to get into some fast, red-hot action. There weren't any more hitches now.…

— Cornell Woolrich

Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over.

— Will Hobbs