Little Selves Quotes by Annie Proulx

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• Change itself is what fascinates me. I am drawn, as a moth to the flame, by edge situations, by situations of metamorphosis.
• No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them…
• But the only rhyme he could summon for 'out' was 'sauerkraut,' which lacked poetic glory. He let it go. The right line…
• Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.
• If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent…
• In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter.
• If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.
• I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.
• Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading.
• What we fear we often rage against.
• If a piece ofknotted string can unleash the wind and if a drowned man can awaken... then I believe a broken man…
• I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.

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