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“If something wants to be a story, it will be.”
“Patrick opens his arms about three feet wide and, with one finger pointing up on each hand, tries to show the scope of this thing. I notice that he doesnt look at his hands as he does this, but at ...”
“One minute I was playing chess and doing maths all the time, the next I had been rerouted into more 'normal' girls' activities: reading, writing stories and worrying about my clothes.”
“Nothing means anything but you still have to follow the rules.”
“The sky is grey, with a thin TV-static drizzle that hangs in the air like it's been freeze-framed.”
“Sometimes I wake up with such an immense sense of disappointment that I can hardly breathe.”
“Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood their motivation we must identify with them rather ...”
“...'being published’ is not the same as being a real writer.”
