"A logic proof is: you get a starting point and an ending point, and you have to get there through all these different steps and tautologies. I approach novel writing that way. When I get to the end I have to go back and connect everything."

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Source : "The Brilliant Complications Of Heidi Julavits". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.

Heidi Julavits

#Writing Quotes #Way Quotes #Steps Quotes

“And in his third essay Herodius (not Herodotus, a mistaken pronunciation, perhaps) said 'We can contend with the evil that men do in the name of evil, but heaven protect us from what they do in the name of good.'”
“Black. Simply remove all the little colored stickers on the cube, and each of side of the cube will now be the original color of the plastic underneath - black. According to the instructions, this means the puzzle is solved.”
“I'm a Valley Girl. You can't get me out of the Valley, I'm still here.”

Source : IGN For Men interview, www.ign.com. March 10, 2002.
“In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated.”
“But I'll never be one of those women who feel that they always have to wear earrings and aren't properly dressed without them.”
“I'd love to act. I feel that it's another naked, mysterious challenge, like jazz. It kind of intrigues me in the same way.”
“We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.”
“Honestly, puppets themselves are actors effectively. The joy of puppetry is that it is very simple and low-fi, which I love.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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