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Every time I think I know what's right and wrong, I end up being wrong. All I want to do is explore. I want to see what people would do. I say, 'What would this person do in this situation?' and I write it down. I'm not writing manifestos of my political views.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: Being Down End Every Every Time Explore Know People Person Political Political Views Right Right And Wrong Say See Situation Think Time Up Views Want Would Write Writing Wrong I Think I Write

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Whenever I write, I write what I find to be the way people are. I never use any symbolism at all, but if you write as true to life as you possibly can, people will see symbolism. They'll all see different symbolism, but they're apt to because you can see it in life.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: Any Apt Because Different Find Life Never People Possibly See Symbolism True Use Way Whenever Will Write You I Write

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What poor people go through, it's amazing they don't do more violent things! If they'd just give you a little dignity, it might help you stand it better. They suffer no heat, no electricity, while you're working, but then you've got to face all the insults, too.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: Amazing Better Dignity Electricity Face Give Go Got Heat Help Insults Just Little Might More People Poor Poor People Stand Suffer Then Things Through Too Violent While Working You

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There's no writer's block; there's only distraction.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: Block Distraction Only Writer

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Today, somewhere in America, more foreclosures. More auctions. Another farmer plots his own death. And another. There is an art to making your death by combine look like an accident.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: Accident America Another Art Combine Death Farmer His Like Look Making More Own Plots Somewhere Today Your

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Sometimes a manuscript is like bread dough. You have to abuse it.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: Abuse Bread Dough Like Manuscript Sometimes You

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When I write, I just let my characters go, the way I let life go.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: Characters Go Just Life Way Write I Write

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I love people, but I don't do so well in a system. We're poor, and we lead a very different kind of life. We depend on other people so much.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: Depend Different Different Kind Kind Lead Life Love Much Other People Poor System Very Well I Love

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That's the way we see life: your community is your survival. And if you live in a small community like this, even the people you hate you have as friends.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: Community Even Friends Hate Life Like Live People See Small Survival Way You Your

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When I'm not writing, I do a lot of research reading on the shape of civilization. Fiction can be a lot of different things... but I feel like it's my job to write about the way things are.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: About Civilization Different Different Things Feel Fiction Job Like Lot Reading Research Shape Things Way Write Writing I Feel I Feel Like

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: June 14th, 1947

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