"Let failure be your workshop. See it for what it is: the world walking you through a tough but necessary semester, free of tuition."
–– Steven Heighton (1961-2022), Canadian novelist, poet, short-story writer
Source: Steven Heighton. Work Book. Toronto, Ontario: ECW Press, 2011, p. 25.
via: Commonplace Book 2022, 2023, p.114.
"Novelty is nothing more than a fresh combining."
–– Steven Heighton (1961-2022), Canadian novelist, poet, short-story writer
Source: Steven Heighton. Work Book. Toronto, Ontario: ECW Press, 2011, p. 25.
via: Commonplace Book 2022, 2023, p.115.
"I am not bored at the moment, though it might be better if I were. Boredom might mean I was lagging and loafing my way slowly toward a fresh jag of creative work, creative excitement."
–– Steven Heighton (1961-2022), Canadian novelist, poet, short-story writer
Source: Steven Heighton. Work Book. Toronto, Ontario: ECW Press, 2011, p. 11.
via: Commonplace Book 2022, 2023, p.113.
"In the long run, curiosity and stamina trump talent."
–– Steven Heighton (1961-2022), Canadian novelist, poet, short-story writer
Source: Steven Heighton. Work Book. Toronto, Ontario: ECW Press, 2011, p. 25.
via: Commonplace Book 2022, 2023, p. 113.
"Interest is never enough. If it doesn't haunt you, you'll never write it well. What haunts and obsesses you may, with luck and labour, interest your readers. What merely interests you is sure to bore them."
–– Steven Heighton (1961-2022), Canadian novelist, poet, short-story writer
via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 41.
