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title: "2 Epiphany Quotes By Molly Antopol"
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> [So if there was a way that I knew something about my character's desires or the things that they were resisting because I was saving it for some grand epiphany moment for my readers, I just feel like that's when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/so-if-there-was-a-way-that-i-knew-something-about-my-character-s/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

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> [I felt like if I could get the epiphany out of the way in my drafting process, through my eighth or tenth draft, then that can just be part of how I've assembled the character, and then we can move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/i-felt-like-if-i-could-get-the-epiphany-out-of-the-way-in-my-drafting/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

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## More by Molly Antopol

> [So if there was a way that I knew something about my character's desires or the things that they were resisting because I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/so-if-there-was-a-way-that-i-knew-something-about-my-character-s/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [“But for the first time, Boaz couldn't think of a single word to describe this kind of loneliness, so scary and real it required…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/but-for-the-first-time-boaz-couldn-t-think-of-a-single-word-to/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [“... having been with Boaz for so long that she could predict every one of his moves, their sex life was more like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/having-been-with-boaz-for-so-long-that-she-could-predict-every-one-of/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [I always tell my students to write the story all the way through, not to play with the language and fall in love with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/i-always-tell-my-students-to-write-the-story-all-the-way-through-not/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [The Israel stories were really hard for me to write, because I think that my book is very much about politics, but it isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/the-israel-stories-were-really-hard-for-me-to-write-because-i-think/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [Years ago I read an interview with Paula Fox in which she said that in writing, truth is just as important as story. Reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/years-ago-i-read-an-interview-with-paula-fox-in-which-she-said-that/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [People are going to bash you. You get rejected. It's hard. I don't really feel like that's my place as the teacher. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/people-are-going-to-bash-you-you-get-rejected-it-s-hard-i-don-t/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [But what I realized when I was looking back at them was that no matter how different they are, they're still coming from me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/but-what-i-realized-when-i-was-looking-back-at-them-was-that-no/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [It's funny - for a long time, I didn't know I was writing a book. I was writing stories. For me, each story took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/it-s-funny-for-a-long-time-i-didn-t-know-i-was-writing-a-book-i-was/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [With the Holocaust - I wonder if a lot of Jewish writers of my generation have felt this way - it feels really intimidating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/with-the-holocaust-i-wonder-if-a-lot-of-jewish-writers-of-my/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [Raymond Carver had the quote that I loved about how he felt that a short story was the moment right before someone's life was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/raymond-carver-had-the-quote-that-i-loved-about-how-he-felt-that-a/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [I felt like if I could get the epiphany out of the way in my drafting process, through my eighth or tenth draft, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/i-felt-like-if-i-could-get-the-epiphany-out-of-the-way-in-my-drafting/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [I'm not Israeli and because I'm not a citizen, it doesn't matter how often I go there - I'm still not Israeli. There's this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/i-m-not-israeli-and-because-i-m-not-a-citizen-it-doesn-t-matter-how/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [With the Israel stories, it was for me the most surprising way the title would fit in. I kept thinking about, for a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/with-the-israel-stories-it-was-for-me-the-most-surprising-way-the/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

> [There's something interesting about being really intimate and familiar with Israel, but still being American - that really thin piece of glass between me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/there-s-something-interesting-about-being-really-intimate-and/)

[Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/)

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