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Quotable 473

Posted on January 11, 2023January 9, 2023 by bryon

Don’t classify me, read me. I’m a writer, not a genre.
– Carlos Fuentes

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Quotable 472

Posted on January 4, 2023January 3, 2023 by bryon

You don’t become a novelist to become a spinner of entertaining lies: you become a novelist so you can tell the truth.
– Hilary Mantel

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Quotable 461

Posted on July 27, 2022July 11, 2022 by bryon

People without hope not only don’t write novels, but what is more to the point, they don’t read them.
– Flannery O’Connor

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Quotable 427

Posted on October 20, 2021October 14, 2021 by bryon

I don’t fire up the prose. I just tell it straight and don’t fool around with it.
– Raymond Carver

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Quotable 394

Posted on February 24, 2021February 1, 2021 by bryon

One reason I think I don’t get blocked is that I’m not afraid to write bad, early drafts in order to get to the good.
– Deborah Reed

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Quotable 393

Posted on February 17, 2021February 1, 2021 by bryon

Remember that no one can take writing away from you. You don’t need permission. When you’re ready to write, consider that impulse to be permission granted.
– Sonia Taitz

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Quotable 385

Posted on November 11, 2020November 3, 2020 by bryon

I don’t believe in “Write what you know,” but I’m a big believer in “Know what you write.”
– Jim C. Hines

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