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> [Now, as a reader, you shouldn't feel the decisions the writer makes about this DNA, or it would be boring beyond belief. But, as a writer, you're struggling to make these decisions. What should the title be? What's the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/now-as-a-reader-you-shouldn-t-feel-the-decisions-the-writer-makes/)

[Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/)

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## More by Mary Kay Zuravleff

> [Math-thinking, I would say, encourages flipping and substituting letters in words (in the novel, one of the boys double-majors in math and myth, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/math-thinking-i-would-say-encourages-flipping-and-substituting/)

[Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/)

> [I can be really silly when I'm not actually writing silliness, and I have to rein that in. Pynchon, in my opinion, sometimes tells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/i-can-be-really-silly-when-i-m-not-actually-writing-silliness-and-i/)

[Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/)

> [I realized early on in writing the book that it needed to be from a family point of view, and that nobody outside the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/i-realized-early-on-in-writing-the-book-that-it-needed-to-be-from-a/)

[Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/)

> [In a family, you take on each other's problems and joys differently, and more intensely. The amplitude - and the undulation of the family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/in-a-family-you-take-on-each-other-s-problems-and-joys-differently/)

[Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/)

> [I tried the line out on some people on the street, like, "What do you think of this: 'the art of family life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/i-tried-the-line-out-on-some-people-on-the-street-like-what-do-you/)

[Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/)

> [“We should have made do at home. We threw away so much food." Ricky says, "We ran out of ketchup," and the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/we-should-have-made-do-at-home-we-threw-away-so-much-food-ricky-says/)

[Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/)

> [The DNA of the novel - which, if I begin to write nonfiction, I will write about this - is that: the title of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/the-dna-of-the-novel-which-if-i-begin-to-write-nonfiction-i-will/)

[Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/)

> [In fictional families - in sitcoms, in dramas - the members are sharing huge amounts of their interior lives. And that has not been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/in-fictional-families-in-sitcoms-in-dramas-the-members-are-sharing/)

[Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/)

> [Dylan Landis knows how to unnerve a reader, even as she's appreciating being unnerved. Rainey Royal thrums with sex and power. A brave, exquisite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/dylan-landis-knows-how-to-unnerve-a-reader-even-as-she-s-appreciating/)

[Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/)

> [Now, as a reader, you shouldn't feel the decisions the writer makes about this DNA, or it would be boring beyond belief. But, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/now-as-a-reader-you-shouldn-t-feel-the-decisions-the-writer-makes/)

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