“And you can tell the writers who do it - Robert Stone, for example, wh...” — Tobias Wolff Quote

“And you can tell the writers who do it - Robert Stone, for example, who with each new novel is doing something new. I appreciate that in other writers.”

“There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody.”

“That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most of them are going to have to continue doing that when they've finished the program.”

“I am a very zone-specific person. For example, if I put all the pieces of a puzzle together, it's done, so there is nothing to look forward to.”

“I knew that my interest lied in international stories. I was interested in how women were living under the Taliban, for example.”

“In the world I've lived in, gay marriage, for example, seems completely logical. And yet there are many people who don't live in that world.”