“How tedious always to be indignant.” — Susan Sontag, The Art of Fiction No. 143, The Paris Review (Winter 1995)
Tag: The Art of Fiction
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“This table seems real, the fruit basket belonged to my grandmother, but a madwoman could come in the door any moment.” — John Cheever, The Art of Fiction No. 62, The Paris Review (Fall 1976)
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“There’s a point when you go with what you’ve got. Or you don’t go.” — Joan Didion, The Art of Fiction No. 71, The Paris Review (Fall-Winter 1978)
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“If he truly believes he is standing on a rug, you can pull it out from under him.” — John Cheever, The Art of Fiction No. 62, The Paris Review (Fall 1976)
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“If you ask, ‘What happens when we die? Why do we die?’ you are asking, ‘Why do we live?’” — Nadine Gordimer, The Art of Fiction No. 77, The Paris Review (Summer 1983)
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“One is born with a certain character and life shapes it.” — Elena Poniatowska, The Art of Fiction No. 238, Paris Review (Spring 2018)
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“Through technology we’re becoming more known to everyone but ourselves.” — Joy Williams, The Art of Fiction No. 223, The Paris Review, Summer 2014
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“She is something of a hero to me, but who is a hero to himself, after all?” — Elena Poniatowska, The Art of Fiction No. 238, Paris Review (Spring 2018)
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“Methods limit you as soon as you recognize them. Then you have to find another form to free yourself.” — Joy Williams, The Art of Fiction No. 223, The Paris Review, Summer 2014
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“Reading certain novels is a little like looking through the keyhole to learn what the neighbor is doing and thinking—does he have the same inferiority complex, the same vices, the same temptations?” — Georges Simenon, The Art of Fiction No. 9, The Paris Review, Issue 9, Summer 1955
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