Quotes about Tobias Wolff

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never...

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There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull...

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There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost...

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The short story, on the other hand, is the perfect American form.

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The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story.

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That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most...

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Perhaps that is why the novel flourished in England. You had these communities that would...

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One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I...

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Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the...

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Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives...

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Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember...

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Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for...

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