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> [I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line as much as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-am-very-interested-in-that-fine-line-between-fiction-and-reality/)

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## More by Jill McCorkle

> [“She tried to teach her children to be positive--to dream but to also do it with their feet on the ground. If you let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/she-tried-to-teach-her-children-to-be-positive-to-dream-but-to-also/)

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> [I feel very protective in the first draft, when all the pieces are coming together. I work in a way that is not linear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-feel-very-protective-in-the-first-draft-when-all-the-pieces-are/)

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> [I thought that we were all like trees, flexible youths, saplings, who grow up heavy and stiff, spread seeds and get chopped down and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-thought-that-we-were-all-like-trees-flexible-youths-saplings-who/)

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> [“We used to all come outside when the streetlights came on and prowl the neighborhood in a pack, a herd of kids on banana-seat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/we-used-to-all-come-outside-when-the-streetlights-came-on-and-prowl/)

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> [“...he was convinced that if he claimed all the parts he really loved he would be able to make peace with everything else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/he-was-convinced-that-if-he-claimed-all-the-parts-he-really-loved-he/)

[Jill McCorkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-mccorkle/)

> [For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/for-me-a-happy-ending-is-not-everything-works-out-just-right-and/)

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> [“When she doesn’t want to think about something sad or hurtful, she does what she instructed her own children and those she taught to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/when-she-doesn-t-want-to-think-about-something-sad-or-hurtful-she/)

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> [The silver friend knows your present and the gold friend knows all of your past dirt and glories. Once in a blue moon there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/the-silver-friend-knows-your-present-and-the-gold-friend-knows-all-of/)

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> [“It was 1965 and life seemed easier. Her parents were alive and so was her brother, her bones were hard and strong and her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/it-was-1965-and-life-seemed-easier-her-parents-were-alive-and-so-was/)

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> [The first draft is all about freedom, and if loyalty is in question, it is only my loyalty to the characters and situations on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/the-first-draft-is-all-about-freedom-and-if-loyalty-is-in-question-it/)

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> [My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/my-joy-as-a-writer-is-circling-around-and-around-and-down-and-down-to/)

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> [I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and I kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-was-with-my-dad-20-years-ago-as-he-was-dying-i-was-there-at-the/)

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> [For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/for-years-i-felt-i-was-a-novelist-but-now-i-know-i-can-write-short/)

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> [It's one of the most basic laws of human nature, isn't it? The more we are denied something, the more we want it. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/it-s-one-of-the-most-basic-laws-of-human-nature-isn-t-it-the-more-we/)

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> [“It made me realize that Beatrice had changed; that she did not pull her wagon so much as she got taken for rides.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/it-made-me-realize-that-beatrice-had-changed-that-she-did-not-pull/)

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