"What interests me when I'm writing is being able to crawl into a character's head and speak from his or her mouth. It's not pulling the strings on a marionette, it's not playing ventriloquist, and it's not mimicry. It's about inhabiting a character, and, at the same time, being totally unaware of what you've become."

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Source : "This Week in Fiction: Nathan Englander". Interview with Cressida Leyshon, www.newyorker.com. December 5, 2011.

Nathan Englander

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes #Mouths Quotes

“The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful.”

Source : "Language, Truth, and Logic" by A.J. Ayer, (Ch. 1), 1936.
“Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.”
“CNN has a thing called You Choose the News. Y'know what CNN? I'm turning you on because I don't know the news. I was hoping you could help me.”
“If someone says to you, Go to an old-folks home, thats kind of ridiculous, because a lot of old people are doing terrific things for society.”
“The bigger question, rather than what's true and what's false, is what do we want?”

Source : "Big Fix The Movie | Interview with Josh and Rebecca Tickell". Interview with Mikki Willis, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I've been working a lot with identity and roots, being part of your roots. I went into this topic where I was trying to break the stereotype of Arabic language. The non-translation work, this is where I make the switch, where you don't need to translate.”

Source : "eL Seed’s New Home". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 28, 2016.
“Women should work with local and state leaders and be vocal about ensuring there's more diversity and more women involved.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“There were so many layers of reality to the world. Nothing stopped for death; nothing stopped for grief or horror or tragedy.”

Source : Rachel Caine (2011). “Working Stiff: A Revivalist Novel”, p.194, Penguin

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