Love must be learned again and again... Hate needs no instruction, but waits only to be provoked.
Katherine Anne Porterwho wants to read about success? It is the early struggle which makes a good story.
Katherine Anne PorterI think I've only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water.
Katherine Anne PorterAnd yet, we know how fatal the pursuit of liveliness may be: it may result in ... tiresome acrobatics. ... Flashy effects distract the mind. They destroy their persuasiveness; you would not believe a man was very intent on ploughing a furrow if he carried a hoop with him and jumped through it at every other step. ... When virtuosity gets the upper hand of your theme, or is better than your idea, it is time to quit.
Katherine Anne Porter