Nobel laureate William Faulkner believed it was impossible for an author to write a perfect story. He admitted he never was satisfied with his work. It always could be better. In a 1956 interview with Faulkner in The Paris Review, he said about being a novelist: “Ninety-nine percent talent … ninety-nine percent discipline … […]
Fiction Quote By Don DeLillo Author of White Noise And Underworld: A Novel
“Fiction is the single best means for arriving at the truth.” Don DeLillo. Elizabeth Lyon used this quote on one of the front pages of her book, Manuscript Makeover click here. I’d like to have a chat with her and DeLillo to understand why she chose that quote for a book on revision […]