It's true that the young who now flock to script writing, or producing and directing, to fulfill the demands of these new devices would, in an earlier period, have been submitting to magazines and working on their first novels. But even in the midst of all these "digital products," the wonder of it is that there are still so many young writers who continue to believe in the venerable print novel as the corridor to fame and fortune.
Cynthia OzickThe power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to.
Cynthia OzickWe are so placid that the smallest tremor of objection is taken as a full-scale revolution.
Cynthia OzickIt isn't the instrument that influences High-Minded or Low-Minded; it's the quality of Mind itself.
Cynthia Ozick