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american-novelist fiction truth
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. Leo Rosten
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You have to have that organizational principle behind the song. Tom Verlaine
american-novelist art asking questions science source
The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. Thomas Berger
american-novelist blocked happened ice period purple storm wrote
What happened was that after I wrote The Ice Storm I had a period where I was blocked for a little bit, before I wrote Purple America. Rick Moody
american-novelist dramatic offer stories
What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation. Richard Russo
american-novelist characters easiest simply speaking
What comes easiest for me is dialogue. Sometimes when my characters are speaking to me, I have to slow them down so that I'm not simply taking dictation.
american-novelist broke healing memory mostly stroll terry
Well, Terry and I broke up 10 years ago. So the healing that was going to happen, happened. So mostly this was a stroll down memory lane. Armistead Maupin
american-novelist education knowledge matter private school
Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college. Lillian Smith
american-novelist people
People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages. Jerry B. Jenkins
giving lauren thank
Thank you for giving us back Lauren and Steve,
giving people challenges
A lot of the time, people want to hear from someone like myself. They want to give it a shot. It's challenging, and it's driven me more than discouraged me. Archie Panjabi
giving-up dont-give-up beats
It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up. Babe Ruth
giving-up real struggle
The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing. Baruch Spinoza
giving pleasure
It can never be wrong to give pleasure. Augustine Birrell
giving be-who-you-are want
What does dance give you? The freedom to be who you are and do what you want to do. Arthur Mitchell
giving advice curious
I've always tried to maintain that I don't have any advice to give. I'm a curious observer. Aziz Ansari
giving lectures stranger
[W]hatever my intentions, whatever the truth of my claim, I had no business giving a lecture to a total stranger. Ayelet Waldman
giving-up struggle want
Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it. Ayn Rand
reader
It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal. Dan Brown
reader skip
Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip. Henry Miller
readers
I think a lot of readers are looking for a book they can talk about. Christina Baker Kline
reader war
When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side. P. J. O'Rourke
readers
I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb. Amy Bloom
readers
The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest. Dionne Bromfield