Tobias Wolff Quotes

You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels. - Tobias Wolff

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. - 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 cause one another to change and have the opportunity to observe the changes over time. - Tobias Wolff

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