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> [Art, you know, art and fiction, especially in big books, you know, it takes a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/art-you-know-art-and-fiction-especially-in-big-books-you-know-it/)

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## More by Charles Bock

> [The literary world is filled with good and generous people. But then that's what writing is all about - empathy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/the-literary-world-is-filled-with-good-and-generous-people-but-then/)

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> [Something I found while writing 'Alice & Oliver' - a book that is unquestionably a work of fiction, but which also borrows details from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/something-i-found-while-writing-alice-oliver-a-book-that-is/)

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> [As I matured, I became a smarter person, a more sensitive person, a more thinking person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/as-i-matured-i-became-a-smarter-person-a-more-sensitive-person-a-more/)

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> [Las Vegas is a great place to be from, not to live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/las-vegas-is-a-great-place-to-be-from-not-to-live-in/)

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> [My sister, who is a wonderful and beautiful actress now, when she was 11 or 12, she would go out and take pictures of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/my-sister-who-is-a-wonderful-and-beautiful-actress-now-when-she-was/)

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> [Writing books takes a long time, and one thing a writer must do is learn to live with his or her project.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/writing-books-takes-a-long-time-and-one-thing-a-writer-must-do-is/)

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> [I remember, even in college, reading Cliffs Notes about a book and thinking to myself, 'Geez, that sounds like a good book. I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/i-remember-even-in-college-reading-cliffs-notes-about-a-book-and/)

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> [I'm not really a meditator. I'm, like, a napper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/i-m-not-really-a-meditator-i-m-like-a-napper/)

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> [I do think that people go to Las Vegas for 'whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.' They go for the spectacle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/i-do-think-that-people-go-to-las-vegas-for-whatever-happens-in-vegas/)

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> [I had a string of really awful jobs in Manhattan where my whole point was to do as little work in the world as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/i-had-a-string-of-really-awful-jobs-in-manhattan-where-my-whole-point/)

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> [Really, I've worked my whole adult life at fiction, to try and write fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/really-i-ve-worked-my-whole-adult-life-at-fiction-to-try-and-write/)

[Charles Bock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bock/)

> [Art, you know, art and fiction, especially in big books, you know, it takes a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/art-you-know-art-and-fiction-especially-in-big-books-you-know-it/)

[Charles Bock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bock/)

> [When I was in college, I could only write on a WordPerfect program.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/when-i-was-in-college-i-could-only-write-on-a-wordperfect-program/)

[Charles Bock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bock/)

> [I very much loved my late wife, Diana Joy Colbert, and I'd rather hold onto what I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/i-very-much-loved-my-late-wife-diana-joy-colbert-and-i-d-rather-hold/)

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> [In English, I never did the reading when it was assigned. If a paper was due on Friday, my attitude was, read half the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bock/in-english-i-never-did-the-reading-when-it-was-assigned-if-a-paper/)

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