I think sometimes writers must attempt to communicate the incommunicable, because, whether they wish it or not, they're the ones to whom it falls.
Richard FlanaganMost of us have loved. And the terror for a writer is that readers will forgive you so much, but they won't forgive you one false note about love, about which they too are expert.
Richard FlanaganIt's a sin for a writer to go looking for camels to put into his or her pages. I only want details that are the story.
Richard Flanagan