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If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: Advance Agony Any Discovery Exploration Go Had Kind Me Novel Plot Rate Set Through Want Why Would Writing

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What I have in advance are people I want to write about and a problem or problems that I see those people encountering and that I want to explore - it all proceeds sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, and scene by scene.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: About Advance Explore Paragraph People Problem Problems Proceeds Scene See Sentence Those Want Write I See

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I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: Away Chip Create Figure Find Following Hardest Hardest Part Marble Mean Novelist Part Piece Then Think Writing I Think

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A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: About Difficult End Fiction Fiction Writer Figure Front Goes Her Him In The End Much Non-Fiction Pretty Satisfying Shape Work Write Writer

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I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: Again Book Constantly Draft Entire Go Once Through Written

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I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: Days Sabbath Six Six Days Week Work Write I Write

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Each work seems to give me the most trouble at the time I'm working on it.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: Each Give Give Me Me Most Seems Time Trouble Work Working

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A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: Alone Bible Book Consider Contemporary Elicit Forth Fully Homer Modern Novel Out Poetry Responses Sent Shakespeare Way Will World

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 17th, 1929

Died: July 23rd, 2002

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