"Don't write about what you know - write……" — Tracy Chevalier
"Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think."
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Tracy Chevalier
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26 Quotes by Tracy Chevalier
Tracy Chevalier has 26 quotes on this site.
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I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being…
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Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising.
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My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear.…
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The sign of a masterpiece: A painting when there's a lack of resolution.
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It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly…
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He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my…
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It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.
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Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in…
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So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should…
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We say very little, for we do not need to. We are silent together, each in her own world, knowing…
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I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if…
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Say something worth the words.
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