James Baldwin #BOTD
On Writing
"The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you don’t want to know, what you don’t want to find out. But something forces you to anyway."
On Writing
"The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you don’t want to know, what you don’t want to find out. But something forces you to anyway."
Writing process #1
“I don’t sit down to write literature. It is simply this: a writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees. No one can tell him about that. No one can control that reality.“
“I don’t sit down to write literature. It is simply this: a writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees. No one can tell him about that. No one can control that reality.“
Writing process #2
“Writing for me must be a very controlled exercise, formed by passions and hopes. That is the only reason you get through it, otherwise you may as well do something else. The act of writing itself is cold.”
“Writing for me must be a very controlled exercise, formed by passions and hopes. That is the only reason you get through it, otherwise you may as well do something else. The act of writing itself is cold.”
Writing fiction vs nonfiction (Essay)
“Every form is difficult, no one is easier than another. They all kick your ass. None of it comes easy.”
“Every form is difficult, no one is easier than another. They all kick your ass. None of it comes easy.”
“Essay is not simpler..An essay is essentially an argument. The writer’s point of view..is always absolutely clear..trying to make the readers see something..convince them..In a novel or a play you’re trying to show them something. The risks, in any case, are exactly the same.”
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