Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Who Am I and What Do I Write, Part IV

"Novels are concealed autobiography": Insofar as writing goes, the writer's fundamental attempt is to understand the meaning of his own experiences. If he can't break through to those issues that concern him deeply, he's not going to be very good.

- Robert Penn Warren


from Good Advice on Writing: Great Quotations from Writer's Past and Present on How to Write Well

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