Tobias Wolff, asked why he loves to write short stories, replied that he loves to read them.
That’s the best answer a writer can give, I think. Writers, before they are writers, are readers.
Wolff said he liked the challenge of writing that does a lot of implying, rather than a lot of explaining.
• Source: Teresa Miller interviewed Tobias Wolff for the program “Writing Out Loud” on April 20, 2013. The program, produced by Oklahoma State University, featured 30-minute interviews with writers. The recording with Wolff is here:
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