David Morrell
"One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also, a professional writer named Philip Klass taught there. He was a science fiction writer whose pseudonym was William Tenn. As a professional writer, he brought wisdom to teaching because he'd done it for a living."
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"One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also, a professional writer named Philip Klass taught there. He was a science fiction writer whose pseudonym was William Tenn. As a professional writer, he brought wisdom to teaching because he'd done it for a living."
"من مزايا دراستي في جامعة بنسلفانيا أن حظيت بمرشدٍ عالمٍ هو فيليب يونغ. كما درّس هناك كاتبٌ محترفٌ اسمه فيليب كلاس، وهو كاتب خيال علمي اشتهر باسمه المستعار ويليام تين. وقد أضفى هذا الكاتب، بصفته محترفًا، حكمةً على التدريسه لأنه كان يمتهن الكتابة ويعيش منها."
David Morrell
"I have a graduate degree from Penn State. I studied at Penn State under a noted Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. I had an interest in thrillers, and it occurred to me that Hemingway wrote many action scenes: the war scenes in 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' come to mind. But the scenes don't feel pulpy."
David Morrell
"You have to follow your own voice. You have to be yourself when you write. In effect, you have to announce, 'This is me, this is what I stand for, this is what you get when you read me. I'm doing the best I can - buy me or not - but this is who I am as a writer."
David Morrell
"Before I start a project, I always ask myself the following question. Why is this book worth a year of my life? There needs to be something about the theme, the technique, or the research that makes the time spent on it worthwhile."
David Morrell
"As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish and rushes the end. The end is even more important than the first page, and rushing can damage it."
David Morrell
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