Essays Quote by John D'Agata

An essay is something that tracks the evolution of a human mind.

— John D'Agata

An essay is something that tracks the evolution of a human mind. It tracks the evolution of a single consciousness in order to give…

— John D'Agata

An essay is a thing of the imagination. If there is information in an essay, it is by-the-by, and if there is an opinion,…

— Cynthia Ozick

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

— John D'Agata

“Personal essay writing that incites the mind and instigates personal growth involves examination and re-examination, a process of noticing and reflecting upon what a…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

In an essay, you have the outcome in your pocket before you set out on your journey, and very rarely do you make an…

— Cynthia Ozick

The best essays come from the moment in which people really need to work something out.

— Marilynne Robinson

“All forms of creative thinking involve a struggle to conquer or master something, and usually that specific something eludes us completely. A personal essayist…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

In writing, something is always left out: it can't be articulated in the space of an essay.

— Glenn Ligon

Writing a manual forces you to place your thoughts and ideas down on paper.

— Tara VanDerveer

Since we want not emancipation from impulse but clarification of impulse, the duty of rhetoric is to bring together action and understanding into a…

— Richard M. Weaver

Writing a long essay is probably the most complex constructive act that most human beings areever expected to perform.

— Carl Bereiter