Arthur Phillips

(1969) Writer United States

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Arthur Phillips is a writer from the United States, best known for Angelica.

Quick Facts About Arthur Phillips

Born: April 23, 1969
Nationality: United States
Profession: Writer
Notable works: Angelica
Known for: Prague

About Arthur Phillips

Arthur Phillips is an American novelist. His books include Prague (2002), The Egyptologist (2004), Angelica (2007), The Song Is You (2009), The Tragedy of Arthur (2011), and The King at the Edge of the World (2020).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Guggenheim Fellowship Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction

Quotes by Arthur Phillips · Page 2

When a character bears the same name as the author it's just an invitation to have some fun.

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Author

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“He had no illusion that this was bittersweet or somehow necessary to make art. It just burned. Anyone who felt this would…

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Art

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Fiction isn't memoir and memoir isn't fiction.

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Fiction

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“Every secret is a wrinkle.”

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“All our skill at disproving things is like a wall we build between us and wonder. To jump that wall, you need…

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As a rule, I am lazy and prefer to avoid anything resembling work, and research feels like work, as opposed to my…

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“The strangest thing. I came to the end of other people so quickly. Each new person was like a glass of water,…

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Ends

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Love is not sufficient. It never has been. Stories that claim otherwise are lies. There's always SOMETHING after happily ever after.

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Claims

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