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> [Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/fiction-demands-structures-and-recognizable-shapes-big-surprises-only/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

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## Other authors on Big sur

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jack-kerouac-45445.jpg) Jack Kerouac 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-sur/jack-kerouac/)

## More by Steven Amsterdam

> [Being with a small publisher has been huge. They bat for me for everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/being-with-a-small-publisher-has-been-huge-they-bat-for-me-for/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

> [I used to do jacket design, and I'm very conscious of covers, and probably meddle more than other authors would.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/i-used-to-do-jacket-design-and-i-m-very-conscious-of-covers-and/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

> [A story is built on characters and reasons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/a-story-is-built-on-characters-and-reasons/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

> [You walk into someone's house and they're dying, or they've got a family member who is dying. Your needs are minor; you're there to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/you-walk-into-someone-s-house-and-they-re-dying-or-they-ve-got-a/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

> [I've always thought flight was fun and wanted to write about flight, and I knew a lot of househusbands who were having a really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/i-ve-always-thought-flight-was-fun-and-wanted-to-write-about-flight/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

> [The better we are at accepting the limits of our world, the more easily we can embrace what we have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/the-better-we-are-at-accepting-the-limits-of-our-world-the-more/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

> [I'm never going to write a whole paragraph describing what a living room looks like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/i-m-never-going-to-write-a-whole-paragraph-describing-what-a-living/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

> [Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucial information to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/nursing-demands-vigilance-about-people-the-sights-and-smells-that-a/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

> [I could imagine that a character could do almost anything at any time, and that was the freedom of the whole thing. But keeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/i-could-imagine-that-a-character-could-do-almost-anything-at-any-time/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

> [Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/fiction-demands-structures-and-recognizable-shapes-big-surprises-only/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

> [Until I became a nurse, no one had ever asked me to sign a book contract. I had been writing for decades, read thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-amsterdam/until-i-became-a-nurse-no-one-had-ever-asked-me-to-sign-a-book/)

[Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-amsterdam/)

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