Quote by Tobias Wolff
I believe that the short story is as different a form from the nov

I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels. – Tobias Wolff

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I teach one semester a year, and this year Im just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion. – Tobias Wolff

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Graduation
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Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow. – Tobias Wolff

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funny
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Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry. – Gustave Flaubert

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Im not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on Paradise Lost to translate it. – Callan McAuliffe

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So I really began as a failed poet – although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. – Nicholson Baker

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I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasnt vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. – Patti Smith

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I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Foolishness always results when the tongue outraces the brain. – Author Unknown

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The nerds are the ones that make the films and do loads of other really cool stuff in their life. – Daniel Radcliffe

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