Katie Roiphe famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.
Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.
Iâ€™m not a fan of â€˜write what you know.â€™ If you donâ€™t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing â€˜The Year of Living Biblically.â€™ That was kind of the point â€“ to learn.
I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.
When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.
Life is not like a novel, but a novel can be like life. The best ones always are.
I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.
No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written
NOVEL, n. A short story padded...
Mostly what happens in the novels never happened in real life.

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