I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thought the greatest word was 'jejune' and I... →
Tom Wolfe
There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and... →
The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from... →
By the time I received my doctorate in American studies in 1957, I was in the twisted grip of a disease of our times in which the sufferer... →
It helps to know from a very early age what you want to do. From the time I was five years old, I wanted to be a writer, even though I couldn't... →
I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brother's a drummer and I've always been jealous that he's such a good drummer. I always... →
Nat Wolff
It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around... →
Tobias Wolff
Perhaps that is why the novel flourished in England. You had these communities that would stay put and people would see one another all the time and... →
Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.
In 'The Interestings' I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.
Meg Wolitzer