Novelist and poet David Huddle is a quiet but fabulous writer, and he does adolescent longing better than anyone I know.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I first encountered Bradbury's writing when I was pretty young. He's a great bridge author between young-adult fiction and literature.
The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.
A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.
Somebody had given me a copy of 'Hunky Dory,' which had yet to be a hit, although it was starting to percolate. I'd seen a couple of pictures of David, with his interesting hairdo and outfits, and I decided to seek him out, which wasn't difficult back then, as he was eager to do any kind of publicity.
You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just lets you get on with it.
A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.
A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if he's any good, is not an entirely benign entity in the world.
I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers.
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
No-huddle is something that I'm very comfortable with.
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