Quotes about american-novelist
american-novelist purpose several
Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. Irwin Shaw
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With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband's absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office. Louis Auchincloss
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The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine. Kinsey's happy as she is and she doesn't need to be rescued, improved, or saved. Sue Grafton
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Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I know.
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Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she is.
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At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime related words I could think of. So here I am now, nearly half-way through, probably tied up until the year 2015 or SO.
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If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.
american-novelist changed faster kinsey learns older passed reader sure twelve
I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader learns more about her, but from Kinsey's perspective, only three years have passed while the rest of us have been getting older at a much faster clip.
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You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you. Vicki Baum
american-novelist cold north success
Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
american-novelist earth life
But this is life on earth, you can't have everything. William Goldman
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The easiest thing to do on earth is not write.
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He was the only person caught in the collapse, and afterward, most of his work was recovered too, and it is still spoken of, when it is noted, with high regard, though seldom played. William Gaddis
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What is it they want from the man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left when he's done with his work, what's any artist but the dregs of his work, the human shambles that follows it around?
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For me, writing something down was the only road out. Anne Tyler
american-novelist characters imaginary offer surprised
It's true that it's a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.
american-novelist human known
There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble. Sinclair Lewis
american-novelist opponents tried vilify
The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation. Orhan Pamuk
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
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Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him? Tom Clancy
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The thing that made Groucho special was the way he used his body parts. He also had a wicked tongue. People didn't realize it, but when Groucho said something, he meant it. Sidney Sheldon
american-novelist art
What is art but a way of seeing? Saul Bellow
american-novelist fiction income written
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns. Herman Wouk
american-novelist marriage
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. Thornton Wilder
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There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.
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But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not - a fool among fools or a fool alone.
american-novelist time
Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind. Thomas Wolfe
american-novelist saves
I use the city because it saves time, I don't have to do a lot of research on the setting.
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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness. Faith Baldwin
american-novelist believe
Privately, I believe in none of them. Neither do you. Publicly, I believe in them all. Dalton Trumbo
american-novelist anybody bigger town
We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?
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I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value. Armistead Maupin
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When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace.