One has to work very carefully with what is in between the words. What is not said. Which is measure, which is rhythm and so on. So, it is what you don't write that frequently gives what you do write its power.
the inferred is always more effective than the obvious.
When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.
The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.
Authors frequently say things they are unaware of; only after they have gotten the reactions of their readers do they discover what they have said
The less manifest the work, the stronger: as though a secret law demanded it always be hidden in what it shows, thus showing what must remain hidden, only showing it, in the end, by dissimulation.
There's more to a picture than meets the eye.
A book consists of two layers: on top, the readable layer ... and underneath, a layer that was inaccessible. You only sense its existence in a moment of distraction from the literal reading, the way you see childhood through a child. It would take forever to tell what you see, and it would be pointless.
Hide the ideas, but so that people find them. The most important will be the most hidden.
Language that tells us, through a more or less emotional reaction, something that can not be said.
The story itself should force its moral upon you. You find out what the moral is by writing the story.
Because the meaning of a story does not lie on its surface, visible and self-defining, does not mean that meaning does not exist. Indeed, the ambiguity of meaning, its inner private quality, may well be part of the writer's vision.
What I may intend for a story to communicate and what a story ends up communicating could be two different things. And it could be an even more positive thing.
Read between the lines.Then meet me in the silence if you can.
A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.
It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.
Use of the word; the word itself was not printed.
A hint of a frown touched his mouth. “I told you that wasn’t about feeding.” “No, it was about you making your point.” I skewered a bite and chewed. “Next time, maybe use something other than my jugular as your Exhibit A?
It's a bold statement but I think people need to read between the lines.
