Writing nonfiction is like carving a rock. It sits there. It's hard. It's big. And you whittle away at something concrete. Writing fiction is like pulling things out of the air. Nothing is there but invention. It's disconcerting, thrilling.
Marie Arana in Off the Page, Carole Burns, editor, 2008
Marie Arana in Off the Page, Carole Burns, editor, 2008
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