Wells Quotes by Donna Tartt

9 Wells quotes by Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt’s nine excerpts on wells reveal her meticulous, atmospheric prose. She turns a commonplace element into a subtle, richly textured detail that lingers in the mind.

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Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.

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Well, I think storytellers have always found murder a fascinating device.

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Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have…

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Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I…

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To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think…

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For me - showing a half-finished manuscript is tricky. Just as a bird will get spooked and abandon her eggs if some…

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I'd been assured, at age 21 or so, by a well-known editor who saw the first part of The Secret History in…

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Shakespearean words, foreign words, slang and dialect and made-up phrases from kids on the street corner: English has room for them all.…

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I hate Gucci,' said Francis. 'Do you?' said Henry, glancing up from his reverie. 'Really? I think it's rather grand.' 'Come on,…

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