A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love these only can triumph, for these only can endure. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I've worked for 55 years. I'm going to take a little time off, to tell you the truth. It's just that now in the last couple of weeks, Gelman is pouring it on. 'Farewell to Regis!' It's getting embarrassing. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>