“It’s strange to reach a position where your friends have to be supplied with their own memories. It’s bad enough dealing with your own.” — James Thurber, The Art of Fiction No. 10, The Paris Review, Issue 10, Fall 1955
Tag: The Art of Fiction
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“I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they’re telling the truth. The fact is they’re using made-up names, made-up people, made-up places, and made-up times, but they’re telling the truth about the human being—what we are capable of, what makes us lose, laugh, weep, fall down, and gnash our teeth and wring our hands and kill each other and love each other.” — Maya Angelou, The Art of Fiction No. 119, The Paris Review
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“Everybody’s in the middle of a story. So you just have to write the ending.” — Paula Fox, The Art of Fiction No. 181, The Paris Review
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“Most people don’t grow up. It’s too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older.” — Maya Angelou, The Art of Fiction No. 119, The Paris Review
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“Censorship is an awful thing! And a damned hardy plant once it takes root!” — Alberto Moravia, The Art of Fiction No. 6, The Paris Review
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“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.” — William Styron, The Art of Fiction No. 5, The Paris Review
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“I often thought of killing myself but then I wanted lunch.” — Paula Fox, The Art of Fiction No. 181, The Paris Review
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“Most of what is important cannot be taught except by experience.” — Ken Kesey, The Art of Fiction No. 136
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“Perhaps the turning point in one’s life is realizing that to be treated like a victim is not necessarily to become one.” — James Baldwin, Art of Fiction, No 78, The Paris Review (Spring 1984)
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“Experience is never limited, and it is never complete.” — Henry James, “The Art of Fiction,” Longman’s Magazine
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