Maybe writing can't be taught, but editing can be taughtโprayer, fasting and self-mutilation.
Donald BarthelmeArt is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.
Donald BarthelmeFaint equivalents can sometimes be found ... . Or it can be rendered obliquely-an adolescent's mental image of his or her parents making love, which must be something on the order of crocodiles mating.
Donald Barthelme