- Noteworthy Sentences: Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson“Here among the quieter lanes he breathed the fumes of blossoms and rot, smouldering charcoal, frying food, and heard the distant roar of jets and the drumming of helicopter gunships, and even the thousand-pound bombs exploding thirty kilometers away, not so much a sound as an intestinal fact – it was there, he felt it,… Read more: Noteworthy Sentences: Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
- Noteworthy Sentences: Fup by Jim Dodge“It took him a while to get a firm grasp on the obvious: Tiny was devestated by his mother’s death, and since only time and maybe a little tenderness would cure that, he decided to just be who he was and go on about his life, and if the boy wanted to join in, that… Read more: Noteworthy Sentences: Fup by Jim Dodge
- Our Real Power as Writers“If you accept (even partially) this idea that our real power as writers is located in the split-second decisions we make, and in the way these accumulate in a story over many passes through it, then you’ll see that the beauty of a piece of writing doesn’t depend on what we have decided about it… Read more: Our Real Power as Writers