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Author and novelist · American
American author and novelist
“Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.”
“Whatever I experienced in the world that I didn't understand I'd invent a story and workout my understanding of something through the story.”
“That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.”
“I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.”
“I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.”