Gordon Lish Quote

I'm not a writer. I've no stake in my being thought a writer. Yet if I do write, I want it to be as exacting as I can make it. I want whatever I doodle to be well doodled.


The Paris Review, The Art of Editing No. 2, Issue 215, Winter 2015


I'm not a writer. I've no stake in my being thought a writer. Yet if I do write, I want it to be as exacting as I can make it. I want whatever I...

I'm not a writer. I've no stake in my being thought a writer. Yet if I do write, I want it to be as exacting as I can make it. I want whatever I...

I'm not a writer. I've no stake in my being thought a writer. Yet if I do write, I want it to be as exacting as I can make it. I want whatever I...

I'm not a writer. I've no stake in my being thought a writer. Yet if I do write, I want it to be as exacting as I can make it. I want whatever I...