Annie Dillard Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable.”

“People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.”

“God gave me a talent to draw. I 'owed' it to him to develop the talent.”

“A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.”

“It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or essays. Into a long, ambitious project you can fit or pour all you possess and learn.”