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Tobias Wolff quotes: Just don't lose the magic.

Just don't lose the magic.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Whatever it is that makes closeness possible between people also puts them in the way of hard feelings if that closeness ends.

Whatever it is that makes closeness possible between people also puts them in the way of hard feelings if that closeness ends.

Tobias Wolff quotes: The human heart is a dark forest

The human heart is a dark forest

Tobias Wolff quotes: Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing.

Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order.

Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.

Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.

Tobias Wolff quotes: One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love.

One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love.

Tobias Wolff quotes: In order for us to live comfortably with ourselves while living on unjust terms with others, we have to tell ourselves a story that makes us innocent.

In order for us to live comfortably with ourselves while living on unjust terms with others, we have to tell ourselves a story that makes us innocent.

Tobias Wolff quotes: And I learned that it's a bad idea to curse if you're in trouble, but a good idea to sing, if you can.

And I learned that it's a bad idea to curse if you're in trouble, but a good idea to sing, if you can.

Tobias Wolff quotes: I was a sitting duck myself, and Arthur had a map of my nerves.

I was a sitting duck myself, and Arthur had a map of my nerves.

Tobias Wolff quotes: The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story.

The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Want! You must want something. What do you want?

Want! You must want something. What do you want?

Tobias Wolff quotes: I'm a survivor, I said. But I didn't think that claim would carry much weight in an obituary.

I'm a survivor, I said. But I didn't think that claim would carry much weight in an obituary.

Tobias Wolff quotes: We each after a while have to become reconciled to what it is that our talents and appetites lead us to.

We each after a while have to become reconciled to what it is that our talents and appetites lead us to.

Tobias Wolff quotes: I was giving upbeing realistic, as people liked to say, meaning the same thing. Being realistic made me feel bitter.

I was giving up
being realistic, as people liked to say, meaning the same thing. Being realistic made me feel bitter.

Tobias Wolff quotes: A true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life.

A true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life.

Tobias Wolff quotes: When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.

Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.

Tobias Wolff quotes: The beauty of a fragment is that it still supports the hope of brilliant completeness.

The beauty of a fragment is that it still supports the hope of brilliant completeness.

Tobias Wolff quotes: ... why would Caesar fear Ovid, except for knowing that neither his divinity nor all his legions could protect him from a good line of poetry.

... why would Caesar fear Ovid, except for knowing that neither his divinity nor all his legions could protect him from a good line of poetry.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Lose Faith. Pray anyway. Persist. We are made to persist, to complete the whole tour. That's how we find out who we are.

Lose Faith. Pray anyway. Persist. We are made to persist, to complete the whole tour. That's how we find out who we are.

Tobias Wolff quotes: One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them.

One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.

Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.

Tobias Wolff quotes: It takes a childish or corrupt imagination to make symbols of other people.

It takes a childish or corrupt imagination to make symbols of other people.

Tobias Wolff quotes: There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.

Tobias Wolff quotes: One can imagine a world without essays. It would be a little poorer, of course, like a world without chess, but one could live in it.

One can imagine a world without essays. It would be a little poorer, of course, like a world without chess, but one could live in it.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing.

Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity.

Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity.

Tobias Wolff quotes: I love Chekhov. I could go on all day about him.

I love Chekhov. I could go on all day about him.

Tobias Wolff quotes: The short story, on the other hand, is the perfect American form.

The short story, on the other hand, is the perfect American form.

Tobias Wolff quotes: There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody.

There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.

Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.

Tobias Wolff quotes: To be a writer you need to see things as they are, and to see things as they are you need a certain basic innocence.

To be a writer you need to see things as they are, and to see things as they are you need a certain basic innocence.

Tobias Wolff quotes: You don't teach information in a writing workshop.

You don't teach information in a writing workshop.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Writers cannot let themselves be servants of the official mythology. They have to, whatever the cost, say what truth they have to say.

Writers cannot let themselves be servants of the official mythology. They have to, whatever the cost, say what truth they have to say.

Tobias Wolff quotes: I had no right to see them this way.

I had no right to see them this way.

Tobias Wolff quotes: Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community.

Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community.

Tobias Wolff quotes: We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.

We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.

Tobias Wolff quotes: A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.

A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.