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I will never be one of the happy stupid that were born somewhere. This way of life is excellent for the imagination. It develops your paranoia. You feel paranoid when you don't understand a country, and being paranoiac is excellent for fiction.

~Amelie Nothomb

Topics: Being Born Country Develops Excellent Feel Fiction Happy Imagination Life Never Paranoia Paranoid Somewhere Stupid Understand Way Were Will You Your

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I never really wanted to be a writer. I know it sounds strange, but I honestly believe that I didn't pick the story; the story has picked me. I've written absolutely no fiction before 'The Immortals of Meluha.' Not even a short story in school - absolutely nothing.

~Amish Tripathi

Topics: Absolutely Absolutely Nothing Before Believe Even Fiction Honestly Immortal Know Me Never Nothing Pick Picked Really School Short Short Story Sounds Story Strange Wanted Writer Written

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I've been writing fiction since I was a kid. From the age of 15 to 25, I probably wrote more than 50 short stories, one of which was published in 'The Paris Review' in 1989.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Age Been Fiction Kid More Paris Published Review Short Short Stories Since Stories Than Which Writing Wrote

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I do my business in the morning, and then at 2 P.M., I write fiction for the rest of the day. I like my husband, so I don't work at weekends.

~Amy Bloom

Topics: Business Day Fiction Husband Like Morning Rest Then Weekends Work Write I Write

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Nonfiction is both easier and harder to write than fiction. It's easier because the facts are already laid out before you, and there is already a narrative arc. What makes it harder is that you are not free to use your imagination and creativity to fill in any missing gaps within the story.

~Amy Bloom

Topics: Any Arc Because Before Both Creativity Easier Facts Fiction Fill Free Gaps Harder Imagination Laid Makes Missing Narrative Nonfiction Out Story Than Use Within Write You Your

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I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea how to write fiction. So I did journalism because there were rules I could learn. You can teach someone to write a news story. They might not write a great one, but you can teach that pretty easily.

~Amy Hempel

Topics: Because Closer Could Did Doing Easily Fiction Getting Great Great One Had How Idea Itself Journalism Learn Might News No Idea Pretty Related Rules Small Someone Started Story Teach Thing Things Were Write Writing You

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I feel like handling a narrative in fiction is a wonderful way to teach stories that then open a pathway to reality and understanding.

~Amy Landecker

Topics: Feel Fiction Handling Like Narrative Open Pathway Reality Stories Teach Then Understanding Way Wonderful Wonderful Way I Feel I Feel Like

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No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Anybody Because Discouragement Encouragement Family Fiction Knew Literary Literary Fiction Meant Reader Think

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When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but they still exist and I know they are mine, and it's all part of making sense of who I am.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Always Am Back Exist Fiction Go Having Journals Know Making May Mine Part Read Remember Sense Still Surprised Those Thoughts Who I Am I May Not

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I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Alien Also Did Fiction First Improvisational Jazz Lessons Life Making Making Up My Life Playing Take Things Thought Tried Up Were While Write I Tried

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