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Tobias Wolff
Tobias Wolff
American Writer
Born: Jun 19, 1945
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Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
I try to help people become the best possible editors of their own work, to help them become conscious of the things they do well, of the things they need to look at again, of the wells of material they have not even begun to dip their buckets into. Tobias Wolff
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You don't teach information in a writing workshop. Tobias Wolff
You Writing Information Teach Workshop
That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most of them are going to have to continue doing that when they've finished the program. Tobias Wolff
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One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love. Tobias Wolff
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I love Chekhov. I could go on all day about him. Tobias Wolff
Love Day All Day About Could Him Chekhov Go
You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels. Tobias Wolff
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Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community. Tobias Wolff
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Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it. Tobias Wolff
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It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time. Tobias Wolff
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Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented. Tobias Wolff
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Perhaps that is why the novel flourished in England. You had these communities that would stay put and people would see one another all the time and cause one another to change and have the opportunity to observe the changes over time. Tobias Wolff
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The short story, on the other hand, is the perfect American form. Tobias Wolff
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When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else. Tobias Wolff
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