James D. Houston Professions : Novelist Born : November 10, 1933 Died : April 16, 2009 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by James D. Houston There are writers you admire, for the skill or the art, for the inventiveness or for the professionalism of a career well spent. And there are writers-sometimes the same ones, sometimes not-to whom you are powerfully attracted, for reasons that may or may not have to do with literary values. They speak to you, or speak for you, sometimes with a voice that could almost be your own. Often there is one writer in particular who awakens you, who is the teacher they say you will meet when you are ready for the lesson. James D. Houston skills teacher art We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Think of the role words can play, when all other enticements and sensual attractions are gone. James D. Houston sensual play thinking Sometimes you don't choose the material; the material chooses you. James D. Houston materials sometimes Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another? James D. Houston you-choose tools ifs Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
