We are so placid that the smallest tremor of objection is taken as a full-scale revolution.
Cynthia OzickIn books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second thought: its the next work, still to be written, that offers the second chance.
Cynthia OzickNo one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you will inevitably and helplessly write. A born writer has self-knowledge. Read, read, read. And if you are a fiction writer, dont confine yourself to reading fiction. Every writer is first a wide reader.
Cynthia Ozick