"I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors."

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Source : Elena Ferrante (2016). “Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey”, p.206, Penguin

Elena Ferrante

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“We may not have demon fathers dangling offers of infernal power before us, but everyone understands what it means to struggle with temptation or resist the urge to give in to our baser natures.”
“I sometimes think 'Gordon' must be the most bootlegged album in U.S history, since it sold only 200,000 copies in the country, yet 800,000 kids know the words to every song.”
“The thing about the wacky fans is that they're really sweet.”
“Play, and escaping the ideology one grew up in, is freedom.”
“There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery.”

Source : "A civilized discussion with Don Winslow, the author and co-screenwriter of 'Savages'". Interview with Thelma Adams, www.yahoo.com. July 3, 2012.
“You deliver 2,000 babies or better - 3,000 by that time. And that's, you know, at minimum, three people each. And then if you take grandparents or grandparents of siblings and aunts and uncles, you know, you get - a 100,000 votes outta that”
“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
“I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.”

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