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# Francine Prose

(1947)   Writer   United States

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Francine Prose is a writer from the United States, best known for *Middlemarch*.

## Quick Facts About Francine Prose

Born April 1, 1947

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works Middlemarch

## About Francine Prose

Francine Prose is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic. She is writer-in-residence at Bard College and is a former president of PEN American Center.

## Awards & Honors

Guggenheim Fellowship Rome Prize Edward Lewis Wallant Award PEN Translation Prize

##  Quotes by Francine Prose · Page 2

> [“The chill lowered my defenses, and I caught a fever. A fever to understand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/the-chill-lowered-my-defenses-and-i-caught-a-fever-a-fever-to/)

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[Fever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fever/)

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> [I think of myself as someone with a kind of Tourette's. I cannot help saying the thing you're not supposed to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/i-think-of-myself-as-someone-with-a-kind-of-tourette-s-i-cannot-help/)

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[Cannot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cannot/)

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> [Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/like-most-maybe-all-writers-i-learned-to-write-by-writing-and-by/)

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> [“Consequently, we sympathize. We identify. We care. In fact, most writers would like you to identify”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/consequently-we-sympathize-we-identify-we-care-in-fact-most-writers/)

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[Sympathize](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sympathize/)

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> [All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/all-the-elements-of-good-writing-depend-on-the-writer-s-skill-in/)

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[Choosing one](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choosing-one-31736/)

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> [“Throughout her life, she behaved as if she had never heard anyone suggest that a woman couldn't do entirely as she pleased.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/throughout-her-life-she-behaved-as-if-she-had-never-heard-anyone/)

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[Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/)

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> [When we humans speak, we are not merely communicating information but attempting to make an impression and achieve a goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/when-we-humans-speak-we-are-not-merely-communicating-information-but/)

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[Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/)

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> [“We don't know what we'd do. Nobody knows what accident of fate or DNA or character will determine how we act when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/we-don-t-know-what-we-d-do-nobody-knows-what-accident-of-fate-or-dna/)

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[Fate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fate/)

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> [I can no more reread my own books than I can watch old home movies or look at snapshots of myself as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/i-can-no-more-reread-my-own-books-than-i-can-watch-old-home-movies-or/)

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> [I know a lot of Eastern Europeans, and because of what they have been through and what they have seen, they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/i-know-a-lot-of-eastern-europeans-and-because-of-what-they-have-been/)

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[Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/)

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> [If we want to write, it makes sense to read—and to read like a writer. If we wanted to grow roses, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/if-we-want-to-write-it-makes-sense-to-read-and-to-read-like-a-writer/)

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> [Too often students are being taught to read as if literature were some kind of ethics class or civics class—or worse, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/too-often-students-are-being-taught-to-read-as-if-literature-were/)

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> [“I dropped a word from the string of negative adjectives that had trailed behind me like tin cans behind the village idiot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/i-dropped-a-word-from-the-string-of-negative-adjectives-that-had/)

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> [“Not all great writers may seem great to us, regardless of how often and how hard we try to see their virtues.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/not-all-great-writers-may-seem-great-to-us-regardless-of-how-often/)

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> [With this recitation of paraphernalia and detritus, O'Brien manages to encapsulate the experience of an army and of a particular war, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/with-this-recitation-of-paraphernalia-and-detritus-o-brien-manages-to/)

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[Army](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/army/)

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> [But if I were asked to pick one constant, one quality that seems dependable, immutable, endlessly available, I'd say that it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/but-if-i-were-asked-to-pick-one-constant-one-quality-that-seems/)

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> [Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/long-before-the-idea-of-a-writer-s-conference-was-a-glimmer-in-anyone/)

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[Absorb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absorb/)

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> [“Reading Chekhov, I felt not happy, exactly, but as close to happiness as I knew I was likely to come. And it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/reading-chekhov-i-felt-not-happy-exactly-but-as-close-to-happiness-as/)

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> [“I’ve always thought that a close-reading course should at least be a companion, if not an alternative, to the writing workshop. Though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/i-ve-always-thought-that-a-close-reading-course-should-at-least-be-a/)

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> [For any writer, the ability to look at a sentence and see what's superfluous, what can be altered, revised, expanded, and, especially,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/for-any-writer-the-ability-to-look-at-a-sentence-and-see-what-s/)

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> [I waited for dawn, but only because I had forgotten how hard mornings were. For a second I'd be normal. Then came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/i-waited-for-dawn-but-only-because-i-had-forgotten-how-hard-mornings/)

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[Awareness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awareness/)

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> [“Who would you rather live with, a bunch of bonobos feeling good? Or chimpanzees eating each other's babies? Or humans waterboarding each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/who-would-you-rather-live-with-a-bunch-of-bonobos-feeling-good-or/)

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> [I remember, when I was a little kid, I was good at sports, and I could jump off the high board. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/i-remember-when-i-was-a-little-kid-i-was-good-at-sports-and-i-could/)

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> [A work of art can start you thinking about some aesthetic or philosophical problem; it can suggest some new method, some fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/a-work-of-art-can-start-you-thinking-about-some-aesthetic-or/)

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> [“A woman would have to be crazy to marry, or even have sex with, a man who would prosecute every lover’s quarrel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/a-woman-would-have-to-be-crazy-to-marry-or-even-have-sex-with-a-man/)

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> [I’ve always found that the better the book I’m reading, the smarter I feel, or, at least, the more able I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/i-ve-always-found-that-the-better-the-book-i-m-reading-the-smarter-i/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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> [“But love is strange, as they used to say at the Chameleon Club. Even those of us who value intelligence over appearance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/but-love-is-strange-as-they-used-to-say-at-the-chameleon-club-even/)

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> [“Something about the beauty of the library and how many books there were made me feel really eager to read, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/something-about-the-beauty-of-the-library-and-how-many-books-there/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [Like seeing a photograph of yourself as a child, encountering handwriting that you know was once yours but that now seems only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/like-seeing-a-photograph-of-yourself-as-a-child-encountering/)

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> [If things are going well I can easily spend twelve hours a day writing, but not writing writing, just thinking and revising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/if-things-are-going-well-i-can-easily-spend-twelve-hours-a-day/)

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> [“My publishers, two Catalan brothers with an inherited income, took me out to lunch to inform me that the first print run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/my-publishers-two-catalan-brothers-with-an-inherited-income-took-me/)

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> [ “\[It\] began to seem amazing how often it was assumed that having a vagina automatically meant I was less intelligent, talented, capable,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/it-began-to-seem-amazing-how-often-it-was-assumed-that-having-a/)

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> [You can assume that if a writer's work has survived for centuries, there are reasons why this is so, explanations that have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-prose/you-can-assume-that-if-a-writer-s-work-has-survived-for-centuries/)

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[Army](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/army/)

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