"It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering."

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Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. January 17, 2003.

Thomas Perry

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade. But they've come up with some amazing drugs since then and he's doing really well today.”
“One of my weaknesses happens to be lying, and I could tell you that I'm never going to lie again in my life, but that would be a lie.”
“willyoupleasebequiet: are you ready? bluejeanbaby: for what? willyoupleasebequiet: the future willyoupleasebequiet: because i think it just started”
“A group of protesters who are very unhappy at the rapid expansion of Starbucks have been repeatedly smashing the windows of a Starbucks store in Maine. Customers say it's been really inconvenient because, several times now, they've had to use the Starbucks across the street.”
“We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.”
“Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.”
“There's a little blackness inside all of us.”

Source : Cassia Leo (2014). “Black Box”, p.38, Gloss Publishing
“A mountaineerâ€™s house, before being his home and the home of his family, is the home of God and of guests.”

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