At the New York Times, Amitava Kumar recounts how he began asking writers at literary festivals to sign a copy of their book and add a line of valuable advice. “I began to see it not as self-help but, instead, as a glimpse into that particular writer’s mind,” he says. He’s since collected advice from Lydia Davis (“Read the masters and, at least occasionally, read them closely!”), Zadie Smith (“Don’t confuse honors with achievement.”), Jamaica Kincaid (“Show, tell, is of no use — only writing.”), and more.
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