"Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an……" — Steven Saylor
"Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil."
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12 Quotes by Steven Saylor
Steven Saylor has 12 quotes on this site.
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In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man…
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When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius,…
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There is a fine sense of freedom that comes from wandering about a familiar city with no particular destination in…
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We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us…
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Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily…
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Some men are one thing on the surface and another underneath. The true poet shows not just the exterior of…
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Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees…
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Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us…
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Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a world before, after, or other…
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I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.
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All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a…
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The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by…
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I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than…
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There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first…
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Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we…
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Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his…
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You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world.
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I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who…
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If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.
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Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
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The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks.
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