Unfortunately, we're using the same language to talk about the language we'retalking about.

If you fall into water, you may still be saved. But if you fall down in literary matters, there is no life left for you.

A massive and brilliant accomplishment--the first English translation of the original Grimm brothers' fairy tales. The plain telling is that much more forceful for its simplicity and directness, particularly in scenes of naked self-concern and brutality. Hate, spite, love, magic, all self-evident, heartbreaking, delightful. I will return to this book over and over, no doubt about it.

Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all kinds of things.

You have to live life if you're going to create believable lives on paper.

Unfortunately, we're using the same language to talk about the language we'retalking about.

Secrets could never be rushed. They had to come of their own accord, on their own schedule. That way ,when they came , the offered themselves as a gift.