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One of my favorite ways to find fictional inspiration, by the way, is to browse historical timelines. I also like world atlases - any country with a squiggly coastline seems to inspire me, as do visual dictionaries, those reclusive creatures of the reference shelf.

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Also Any Browse Coastline Country Creatures Dictionaries Favorite Fictional Find Historical Inspiration Inspire Like Me Reclusive Reference Seems Shelf Those Visual Way Ways World

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I no longer practice medicine, but I can say that, for me, medicine was easier - and certainly less emotionally turbulent - than writing.

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Topics: Certainly Easier Emotionally Less Longer Me Medicine Practice Say Than Turbulent Writing I Can

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In medicine, there's a fairly large but still finite body of knowledge that you need at hand for most of your daily work. It takes a few years to learn it, but once it's there, it's there. With writing, on the other hand, every new book - indeed, every new story - is a fresh and terrifying reinvention of everything.

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Body Book Daily Daily Work Every Everything Fairly Few Finite Fresh Hand Indeed Knowledge Large Learn Medicine Most Need New New Book Once Other Reinvention Still Story Takes Terrifying Work Writing Years You Your

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No one knows why books do well.

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Books Knows Well Why

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It's nice when critics say 'Emperor of the Air' is an important book of stories.

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Air Book Critics Emperor Important Nice Say Stories

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Fame is a problem of perspective.

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Topics: Fame Perspective Problem

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I was never writing for commercial success. It's nice that it has come, but it is not important.

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Come Commercial Commercial Success Important Never Nice Success Writing

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I don't have a pen name, so I'm thinking of getting a doctor's name. What would you call that, a stethoscope name?

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Call Doctor Getting Name Pen Thinking Would You

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I like certain people's work better than my own.

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Better Certain Like My Own Own People Than Work

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What's more interesting than the arc of lives?

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Arc Interesting Lives More Than

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 19th, 1960

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