The Art of Time in Fiction Quotes

“A story is already over before we hear it. That is how the teller knows what it means.”
― Joan Silber, The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes

“[S]torytelling, in ancient and modern practice, is always a contemplation of the experience of time passing. A story depends on things not standing still, on the built-in condition of impermanence.”
― Joan Silber, The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes

“Slowed time is -- or should be -- a way of pointing to what's important.”
― Joan Silber, The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes

“This is fictional time, where events play out and possibilities are exhausted, so that meaning can emerge.”
― Joan Silber, The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes

“A story is entirely determined by what portion of time it chooses to narrate.”
― Joan Silber, The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes

“Length is weight in fiction, pretty much.”
― Joan Silber, The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes