Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.
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But a lot of writers - and I'm one of them - do tend to feel dissatisfied. It makes you a little hard to live with, but it's a goad and does keep you alert and restless.Tobias Wolff
I try to help people become the best possible editors of their own work, to help them become conscious of the things they do well, of the things they need to look at again, of the wells of material they have not even begun to dip their buckets into.
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A novel invites digression and a little relaxation of the grip because a reader can't endure being held that tightly in hand for so long a time.
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That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most of them are going to have to continue doing that when they've finished the program.
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And you can tell the writers who do it - Robert Stone, for example, who with each new novel is doing something new. I appreciate that in other writers.
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I love Chekhov. I could go on all day about him.
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