July 14, 2006

Why didn't I think of that?

"It is no less difficult to write sentences in a recipe than sentences in Moby-Dick. So you might as well write Moby-Dick."

Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

3 comments:

Androphenese said...

er, well. ok.

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band said...

Recipes, Moby Dick, hmmm. If you say so...

Dodger of Sheep said...

Moby Dick is about as interesting as a recipe...