--- title: "4 Peter Selgin Quotes - Famous Playwright (Drowning lessons)" description: "Peter Selgin is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, editor, and illustrator. Selgin is Associate Professor of English at Geo..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-selgin-75049.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Peter Selgin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-selgin-75049.jpg) # Peter Selgin (1957) Playwright **4** quotes in **37** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Peter Selgin is a playwright, best known for *Drowning lessons*. ## Quick Facts About Peter Selgin Born February 15, 1957 Profession Playwright Notable works Drowning lessons ## About Peter Selgin Peter Selgin is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, editor, and illustrator. Selgin is Associate Professor of English at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. ## Quotes by Peter Selgin > [“Think of all the stories that would end before they begin if their characters gave careful consideration to the consequences of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-selgin/think-of-all-the-stories-that-would-end-before-they-begin-if-their/) [Peter Selgin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-selgin/) [Consequences](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consequences/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/peter-selgin-65545_consequences_think-of-all-the-stories-that-would-end_768863.jpg) > [How to avoid cliche at the root of conception? Practice sincerity. If we've come by ... material honestly, through our own personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-selgin/how-to-avoid-cliche-at-the-root-of-conception-practice-sincerity-if/) [Peter Selgin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-selgin/) [Claims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/claims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/peter-selgin-65545_claims_how-to-avoid-cliche-at-the-root-of-conce_952236.jpg) > [Whether your characters journey daily to a distant moon or just down the street to the corner bar, what matters to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-selgin/whether-your-characters-journey-daily-to-a-distant-moon-or-just-down/) [Peter Selgin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-selgin/) [Bars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bars/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/peter-selgin-65545_bars_whether-your-characters-journey-daily-to_2729145.jpg) > [“Never try to keep it professional, keep it smutty, write with bodily fluids on sandpaper, and damn the men with clipboards in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-selgin/never-try-to-keep-it-professional-keep-it-smutty-write-with-bodily/) [Peter Selgin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-selgin/) [Writers-on-writing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writers-on-writing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/peter-selgin-65545_writers-on-writing_never-try-to-keep-it-professional-keep-i_3067398.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-selgin/#itemlist", "name": "Peter Selgin Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Think of all the stories that would end before they begin if their characters gave careful consideration to the consequences of their actions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Selgin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-selgin/think-of-all-the-stories-that-would-end-before-they-begin-if-their/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/peter-selgin-65545_consequences_think-of-all-the-stories-that-would-end_768863.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/peter-selgin-65545_consequences_think-of-all-the-stories-that-would-end_768863.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/peter-selgin-65545_consequences_think-of-all-the-stories-that-would-end_768863.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Think of all the stories that would end before they begin if their characters gave careful consideration to…” — Peter Selgin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How to avoid cliche at the root of conception? 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