Dorothy Bryant Quotes & Sayings

A novel is more a symphony, opera, oratorio. It exists in time, it goes by you a sound dying out as you write on, so that it is very hard to keep in touch with the whole thing ... — Dorothy Bryant

The dance ritual never ended, The small children just sat down one by one as they got tired. — Dorothy Bryant

Like an old gold-panning prospector, you must resign yourself to digging up a lot of sand from which you will later patiently wash out a few minute particles of gold ore. — Dorothy Bryant

You must know everything well before you can know what to discard. You must cover pages with material you will not finally put into the book. That doesn't mean you don't use it. It is still there, must be there, an invisible foundation which gives authority to the story. The planning done on setting is never wasted. Nothing is ever wasted. If it has been thought through and written, it is still there, in every word which does not mention it. — Dorothy Bryant

You have only to want it,to believe it, and tonight when you close your eyes, you can begin your journey — Dorothy Bryant

Change happens very slow and very sudden. — Dorothy Bryant

I love to read, but I didn't know how I could keep up with my eyes, ... But I remembered that the library had books on tape, so I started listening to them. You wouldn't believe how much they have brought to my life. — Dorothy Bryant