Quotes by Tracy Chevalier

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British novelist · American · 1962

American-British novelist (born 1962)

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“I live with them for a long time in my head. When I first start writing about a character, I don’t know them that well. It’s through the process of writing of putting them in scenes, and contemplat...”
— Tracy Chevalier

“Dialogue is always tricky. Authenticity is almost impossible, and you always end up sounding too olde worlde. What I do is to strip the words back, so I get the dialogue to sound timeless…”
— Tracy Chevalier

“There are times when I'm hoping the reader will feel slightly sympathetic. She's in a marriage she should never have made and she's kind of stuck in this swamp. And she is, yes, self-centered and a...”
— Tracy Chevalier