"Writing with voice is writing into which someone has breathed. It has that fluency, rhythm, and liveliness that exist naturally in the speech of most people when they are enjoying a conversation...Writing with real voice has the power to make you pay attention and understand --the words go deep."

-- Peter Elbow

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“I would love to interview Dave Grohl. I just think he's an amazing musician, and I grew up listening to Nirvana, so I have so many questions about that.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You okay?" Anton asks, looking at me like he's trying to figure out if I'm drunk. His plans depend on me. I look as blank as possible and hope that it freaks him out. No point in my being the only miserable one.”
“I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.”
“I would definitely say that I am a very big movie musical fan in general, and I try to see every one that I possibly can - and 'Glee' every week.”
“Sometimes, you gotta believe something crazy. Because all the other things you could believe hurt too much.”

Source : Pat Murphy (2008). “The Wild Girls”, p.36, Penguin
“for the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author ...”
“I wish this story were different. I wish it were more civilized. I wish it showed me in a better light, if not happier, than at least more active, less hesitant, less distracted by trivia. I wish it had more shape. I wish t were about love, or about sudden realizations important to oneâ€™s life, or even about sunsets, birds, rainstorms, or snow. Iâ€™m sorry there is so much pain in this story. Iâ€™m sorry itâ€™s in fragments, like a body caught in crossfire or pulled apart by force. But there is nothing I can do to change it.”
“I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.”

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