Donald Barthelme Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how.

  Donald Barthelme

  Writing, Knowing, Doe

• Endings are elusive, middles are nowhere to be found, but worst of all is to begin, to begin, to begin.

  Donald Barthelme

  Writing, Found, Worst

  1972 Sadness,'The Rise of Capitalism'.

• Write about what you're afraid of.

  Donald Barthelme

  Writing

• As Jules Renard said, no matter how much care an author takes to write as few books as possible, there will be people who haven't heard of some of them.

  Donald Barthelme

  Book, Writing, People

  Donald Barthelme (2008). “Flying to America: 45 More Stories”, p.208, Counterpoint Press

• Maybe writing can't be taught, but editing can be taught—prayer, fasting and self-mutilation.

  Donald Barthelme

  Prayer, Writing, Editing

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