Tobias Wolff

We are made to persist. That is how we find out who we are.

Tobias Wolff

Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.

Tobias Wolff

Lose Faith. Pray anyway. Persist. We are made to persist, to complete the whole tour. That’s how we find out who we are.

Tobias Wolff

A true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life.

Tobias Wolff

In order for us to live comfortably with ourselves while living on unjust terms with others, we have to tell ourselves a story that makes us innocent.

Tobias Wolff

Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn’t have much time for anything else.

Tobias Wolff

Memory is a dream to begin with.

Tobias Wolff

Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.

Tobias Wolff

We each after a while have to become reconciled to what it is that our talents and appetites lead us to.

Tobias Wolff

Because I don’t have to be careful of people’s feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I’m teaching writing.

Tobias Wolff