“A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.”
“Julian had once told me that a story is a letter the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.”
“a story is a letter the author writes to himself to tell what he wouldn't discover otherwise.”
“Every author really wants to have letters printed in the paper. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels.”
“...the authors he has himself discovered are his own exclusive territory, like the saloon compartment of a special train.”
“And he would never have instructed her to tell his past self such a story and expected himself to believe it.”