I think it is the most curious lack of judgment to publish before you are ready. If there are echoes of other people in your work, you're not ready. If anybody has to help you rewrite your story, you're not ready. A story should be a finished work before it is shown.


Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations (1987 edition), Univ. Press of Mississippi - ISBN: 9780878052677

Katherine Anne Porter Quotes

I think it is the most curious lack of judgment to publish before you are ready. If there are echoes of other people in your work, you're not ready....

I think it is the most curious lack of judgment to publish before you are ready. If there are echoes of other people in your work, you're not ready....

I think it is the most curious lack of judgment to publish before you are ready. If there are echoes of other people in your work, you're not ready....

I think it is the most curious lack of judgment to publish before you are ready. If there are echoes of other people in your work, you're not ready....