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> [The illusion of control has to be there, but mostly I'm following characters and the consequences of their own decisions, because a lot of the time they made decisions about what to do or how to behave that I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/the-illusion-of-control-has-to-be-there-but-mostly-i-m-following/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

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## More by Bob Shacochis

> [“It almost felt like too much, just by the sad weight of its being so little.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/it-almost-felt-like-too-much-just-by-the-sad-weight-of-its-being-so/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel, its dignified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/with-iron-and-blood-it-seems-and-from-the-rich-depths-of-the-earth/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [The illusion of control has to be there, but mostly I'm following characters and the consequences of their own decisions, because a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/the-illusion-of-control-has-to-be-there-but-mostly-i-m-following/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [You decide which characters you want and then do the best you can to bring their humanity to the forefront in the context that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/you-decide-which-characters-you-want-and-then-do-the-best-you-can-to/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [The biggest challenge in the research process is to let go, to stop, to say enough, and then to reduce all of that beloved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/the-biggest-challenge-in-the-research-process-is-to-let-go-to-stop-to/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [When you meet powerful men or just read about them in the newspapers, you see that they don't have a sense of boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/when-you-meet-powerful-men-or-just-read-about-them-in-the-newspapers/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [I'm asked all the time, 'Doesn't it feel great to finish the novel?' And the answer to that is, 'No.' It's sort of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/i-m-asked-all-the-time-doesn-t-it-feel-great-to-finish-the-novel-and/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [The stories are there first, and they come from my experiences wandering around in the world. They will resonate into bigger things, forces sweeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/the-stories-are-there-first-and-they-come-from-my-experiences/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [“I want you so much, he said with such heart-tugging sincerity that to be fair, a translation from Turkish to English would have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/i-want-you-so-much-he-said-with-such-heart-tugging-sincerity-that-to/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [Trying to get the sentences right and the structure of the narration right is about as big a job as I can handle. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/trying-to-get-the-sentences-right-and-the-structure-of-the-narration/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [For any artistic person who creates imaginary people, the art is like inhabiting the life and mind of a seven-year-old child with imaginary friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/for-any-artistic-person-who-creates-imaginary-people-the-art-is-like/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [“It is no secret that souls sometimes die in a person and are replaced by others. —Fernando Pessoa”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/it-is-no-secret-that-souls-sometimes-die-in-a-person-and-are-replaced/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [“I should like to elbow aside the established pieties and raise my martini glass in salute to the mortal arts of pleasure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/i-should-like-to-elbow-aside-the-established-pieties-and-raise-my/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [“And how could she ever open her mouth to tell him, in the guise of reminiscing, I haven't been on a ferry in twelve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/and-how-could-she-ever-open-her-mouth-to-tell-him-in-the-guise-of/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

> [“--perhaps a soul is what you have spent your life making, not a piece of metaphysical equipment shipped ready-made from the factory, another myth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/perhaps-a-soul-is-what-you-have-spent-your-life-making-not-a-piece-of/)

[Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/)

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