"I leave a lot out when I tell…" — Amy Hempel

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59 Quotes by Amy Hempel

Amy Hempel has 59 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't…
Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don't get all writerly: 'He opened the door.' There, it's open.
I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I…
Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette…
Wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive.
An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.
I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands.
I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal…
I could claim any number of high-flown reasons for writing, just as you can explain certain dogs behavior... But maybe,…
The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew nearly accidentally killed me.
Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.
We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
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