"... but every person who does serious time……" — Betsy Lerner
"... but every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood."
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Betsy Lerner
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15 Quotes by Betsy Lerner
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I wondered if I was just the sum of my brain scan, little dots clustered in my frontal lobe. Is…
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I wondered if I was just the sum of my brain scan, little dots clustered in my frontal lobe. Is…
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When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the…
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But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world.
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No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is…
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But I also believe there is enormous value in the piece of writing that goes no further than the one…
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The world doesn't fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the…
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In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my…
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Indeed, the great paradox of the writer's life is how much time he spends alone trying to connect with other…
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The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt…
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Tomorrow, I am fifty-two years old. And I want to say unequivocally that I am very happy to be alive,…
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Asking for advice about what you should write is a little like asking for help getting dressed. I can you…
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