Tobias Wolff Quotes

In The Very Act Of Writing I Felt Pleased With What I Did. There Was The Pleasure Of Having Words Come To Me, And The Pleasure Of Ordering Them, Re-ordering Them, Weighing One Against Another. Pleasure Also In The Imagination Of The Story, The Feeling That It Could Mean Something. Mostly I Was Glad To Find Out That I Could Write At All. In Writing You Work Toward A Result You Won't See For Years, And Can't Be Sure You'll Ever See. It Takes Stamina And Self-mastery And Faith. It Demands Those Things Of You, Then Gives Them Back With A Little Extra, A Surprise To Keep You Coming. It Toughens You And Clears Your Head. I Could Feel It Happening. I Was Saving My Life With Every Word I Wrote, And I Knew It.

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