Top 7 Quotes by Josip Novakovich

You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing.

You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing.

Josip Novakovich

Inspiration, Writing, Waiting

Josip Novakovich (2008). “Fiction Writer's Workshop”, p.6, Writer's Digest Books

Dialogue is easy. It's what you've been doing almost every day, most of your life.

Josip Novakovich

Easy, Dialogue

Josip Novakovich (2008). “Fiction Writer's Workshop”, p.111, Writer's Digest Books

"Foreboding" and "ominous" is what you're striving to achieve-not mention.

Josip Novakovich

Writing, Strive, Achieve

Josip Novakovich (2008). “Fiction Writer's Workshop”, p.126, Writer's Digest Books

In Globetrotter, David Albahari explores the consciousness of emigres from the former Yugoslavia, Croatia and Serbia, showing that while abroad, many of us are even more intensely preoccupied with our histories than we were while living in Yugoslavia. His narrative structured out of realistic details and perceptions with self-conscious meditation blending history, civilization and its discontents, and personal experience reaches a density and intensity akin to Krasznahorkai's and Thomas Bernhard's. An intensely idiosyncratic narrative, enjoyable and thoughtful.

Josip Novakovich

Thoughtful, Self, Yugoslavia

Justin Hermann is one of the best new voices in short fiction-deep and entertaining as hell, with many funny lines, unexpected turns of events, and great insights. Wonderful stories: each one is a trip!

Josip Novakovich

Voice, Lines, Events

Something in the movement of fingers on the keyboard enhances thought. Fingers pull your thoughts forward. Fingers are in some way an extension of your brain, with a lot of cortex associations at their trigger. Get them going!

Josip Novakovich

Brain, Association, Keyboards

Josip Novakovich (2008). “Fiction Writer's Workshop”, p.6, Writer's Digest Books