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> [When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing his novels has been as good a lesson as any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/when-it-comes-to-writers-i-m-a-huge-fan-of-ian-mcewan-i-ve-never/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

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## More by Deborah Copaken Kogan

> [“Stories are how we make sense of our lives. To tell a story is to own it: to own the narrative thread to own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/stories-are-how-we-make-sense-of-our-lives-to-tell-a-story-is-to-own/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

> [“I love this idea," Bruno says. "Of being broken but finding pleasure in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/i-love-this-idea-bruno-says-of-being-broken-but-finding-pleasure-in-it/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

> [“My truth she'd said to him. What the hell is truth anyway Two separate questions yes. But not wholly unrelated. For truth no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/my-truth-she-d-said-to-him-what-the-hell-is-truth-anyway-two-separate/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

> [I'd always assumed that by 40 I'd have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/i-d-always-assumed-that-by-40-i-d-have-at-least-a-modicum-of/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

> [I have an Emmy, but it's no big deal: work in TV news long enough, you eventually get one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/i-have-an-emmy-but-it-s-no-big-deal-work-in-tv-news-long-enough-you/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

> [When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/when-it-comes-down-to-it-i-believe-that-having-made-the-decision-to/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

> [“Because that was the problem, really, wasn’t it, with being human? You couldn’t just be, couldn’t just live and exist without dragging your feet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/because-that-was-the-problem-really-wasn-t-it-with-being-human-you/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

> [“Female readers, on the other hand, were unmoved by the book, one of them going so far as to give it the ultimate insult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/female-readers-on-the-other-hand-were-unmoved-by-the-book-one-of-them/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

> [When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing his novels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/when-it-comes-to-writers-i-m-a-huge-fan-of-ian-mcewan-i-ve-never/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

> [“If I've learned anything in the twenty-five years that have transpired between graduation and today it is this: I am stronger than I thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-copaken-kogan/if-i-ve-learned-anything-in-the-twenty-five-years-that-have/)

[Deborah Copaken Kogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-copaken-kogan/)

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