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There once was this powerful, both capital and political, class who cared about supporting and affirming a solid middle class in this country.

~Ethan Canin

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I have a very bad memory. I can't remember my own life very well.

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Topics: Bad Life Memory My Own Own Remember Very Well

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Fiction is about small ambition, small failed ambition, small disappointed hope.

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Topics: About Ambition Disappointed Failed Fiction Hope Small

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Your first book is kind of a labor of ignorance. You don't realize the difficulty of it. Your second book is sort of a labor of fear. Then you sort of either hit a stride, or you don't.

~Ethan Canin

Topics: Book Difficulty Either Fear First Hit Ignorance Kind Labor Realize Second Sort Stride Then You Your

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Medicine ended up being the best thing I ever did for my writing.

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Topics: Being Being The Best Best Did Ended Ever Medicine Thing Up Writing

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There's a beauty to math. Math is so simple. It's just one step after the next.

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Topics: After Beauty Just Just One Math Next Simple Step

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I don't think there is such a thing as pure imagination. I think it's a combination of memory and invention.

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Topics: Combination Imagination Invention Memory Pure Such A Thing Thing Think I Think

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Any writer who says he loves writing is crazy. Or lying.

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Topics: Any Crazy He Loves Lying Says Who Writer Writing

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You have to look at the value of different kinds of words. Adjectives weaken, and adverbs come even farther down the line. Verbs are strong; verbs and nouns.

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Topics: Adjectives Come Different Different Kinds Down Even Farther Kinds Line Look Noun Strong Value Weaken Words You

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Why say 'utilize' when you can say 'use'?

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Topics: Say Use Utilize Why You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 19th, 1960

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