Stanley Elkin Quote
[Writing is] a kind of whittling, a kind of honing to the bone, until you finally get whatever the hell it is you're looking for. It's an exercise in sculpture, chipping away at the rock until you find the nose.
The New York Times (Mar. 3, 1991)
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