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At the time of writing, I don't write for my friends or myself either; I write for it, for the pleasure of it.

At the time of writing, I don't write for my friends or myself either; I write for it, for the pleasure of it.

Eudora Welty

Writing, Pleasure, My Friends

Eudora Welty (2016). “Delta Wedding”, p.7, Head of Zeus

When I read, I hear what's on the page. I don't know whose voice it is, but some voice is reading to me, and when I write my own stories, I hear it, too.

Eudora Welty

Reading, Writing, Voice

What we know about writing the novel is the novel.

Eudora Welty

Writing, Novel, Knows

Eudora Welty (2011). “On Writing”, p.64, Modern Library

Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.

Eudora Welty

Respect, Writing, Abiding

Eudora Welty (1995). “One Writer's Beginnings”, p.90, Harvard University Press