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Brian Evenson
"Any time I put together a story collection, I don't know what it's going to look like overall - or even what the title story is going to be. Over time, I end up with a dozen or so stories, and I start to see a shape to them, how they fit together, and then I write stories that complement or extend that shape." --
Source : "ABC's Joy Behar: Bush Administration 'Liars' and 'Murderers'" by Justin McCarthy, www.newsbusters.org. February 28, 2007.
Brian Evenson
#Writing Quotes
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“In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences of this world, could flee from death. That was the deceit. The true serpent in the garden.”
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
“I never liked to work because I don't want no one to be a slave. I want to be worked in my mind. Every thing that's going on, there's some big spirit behind me who send me to do the thing that I must do.”
“Heaven smiles upon those who share its gifts.”
“The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive”
“I'm an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.”
Source : Source: articles.latimes.com
“It was this feeling for a lot of my characters, who are dissidents or banned artists and writers, that they had had to fight living under so much surveillance, and then suddenly they come to America and they're like, I'm not being surveilled - I'm not even being noticed at all.”
“I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.”
