That's what writing is and in that way it's very hard work and it absolutely requires all the conditions that make one a bore: You have to be alone a lot, you have to be rather sedentary, you have to be a creature of routine, you have to fetishize your solitude, and you have to become very, very selfish about your time.


The Paris Review, The Art of Fiction No. 183, Issue 171, Fall 2004

Tobias Wolff Quotes

That's what writing is and in that way it's very hard work and it absolutely requires all the conditions that make one a bore: You have to be alone a ...

That's what writing is and in that way it's very hard work and it absolutely requires all the conditions that make one a bore: You have to be alone a ...

That's what writing is and in that way it's very hard work and it absolutely requires all the conditions that make one a bore: You have to be alone a ...

That's what writing is and in that way it's very hard work and it absolutely requires all the conditions that make one a bore: You have to be alone a ...