| Thoughts on Writing | ||
|
HOME
WRITING
|
Richard E. Grant on writing a diary: "It means that you are simultaneously inside and outside your own life all the time, watching yourself experiencing what is happening to you, then having a written conversation with yourself about it. It's a kind of control mechanism; an exploration and a way of keeping a record." - (The Guardian Weekend; August 6, 2005) *** "Because he has portrayed monsters, people will have it that he is one himself." - anon, about Choderlos de Laclos, author of Les Liaisons Dangereuses *** "The fairy tales always tell the stories we do not yet know." - anon *** "When I first started writing this diary, I told myself I'd write down only the absolute truth. Now I understand that's not possible. It wouldn't be possible for anyone, not just me. All I can do is to be honest about what I feel... Total openness about facts I can't manage and I've given up arguing with myself about it. I needn't tell lies, but I can't tell the whole truth." - Asta in Asta's Book, by Barbara Vine
|