"Once you realize just the sort of glut……" — Walter Kirn
"Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason."
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Walter Kirn
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51 Quotes by Walter Kirn
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Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but…
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The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at…
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Memo to extreme partisans: If you can't bring yourselves to love your enemies, can you at least learn to hate…
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Some strangers become more important to you than family, maybe because you're not expected to love them. You can leave…
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Reason leavened with a little wit (if possible) is the real alternative to hate speech, meaning that there's no better…
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A writer turns his life into material, and if you’re in his life, he uses yours, too.
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In the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth..
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At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound…
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Spirit was a by-product of activity, like the reflection from a spinning fan blade, and our souls in the end…
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Most writers' view of the New West is either phony - obsessed with the same tired mythology - or it's…
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The market is the only critic that matters.
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The best critic needn't be right, just interesting.
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