Writers are superstitious. I don't mean knock on wood, throw salt over the shoulder—let me try to explain. I began this whole writing enterprise with the idea that you go to work in the morning like a banker, then the work gets done.


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

Tobias Wolff Quotes

Writers are superstitious. I don't mean knock on wood, throw salt over the shoulder—let me try to explain. I began this whole writing enterprise...

Writers are superstitious. I don't mean knock on wood, throw salt over the shoulder—let me try to explain. I began this whole writing enterprise...

Writers are superstitious. I don't mean knock on wood, throw salt over the shoulder—let me try to explain. I began this whole writing enterprise...

Writers are superstitious. I don't mean knock on wood, throw salt over the shoulder—let me try to explain. I began this whole writing enterprise...