I'm absolutely not an athletic person, but I used to be married to a runner. He would say that, especially in long-distance races, you could tell who was going to win and who wasn't, and if the person was present behind his eyes, if he was looking around and paying attention, you could be pretty sure he wasn't going to win. The person who was tranced out had a much better chance of winning. Because he or she had lost his or her governing self.
I notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then, for me, for one reason or another, it usuall… - Carolyn See
I notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then, for me, for one reason or another, it usuall…
- Carolyn See
I'm absolutely not an athletic person, but I used to be married to a runner. He would say that, especially in long-distance races, you could tell who… - Carolyn See
I'm absolutely not an athletic person, but I used to be married to a runner. He would say that, especially in long-distance races, you could tell who…
It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like something criminal.… - Carolyn See
It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like something criminal.…
I figure 1000 words a day, or four pages, and sometimes I'll write more, but I'll try not to. Because I think you don't want to exhaust what it is yo… - Carolyn See
I figure 1000 words a day, or four pages, and sometimes I'll write more, but I'll try not to. Because I think you don't want to exhaust what it is yo…
I try to write in the morning when I'm working on a novel. You get up, you have breakfast, you read the paper, you make a couple of phone calls, and … - Carolyn See
I try to write in the morning when I'm working on a novel. You get up, you have breakfast, you read the paper, you make a couple of phone calls, and …
A great novelist must open the reader's heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory -- and shame and shabbiness -- of what it is to be… - Carolyn See
A great novelist must open the reader's heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory -- and shame and shabbiness -- of what it is to be…
I play the same album over and over until the people in my house are ready to kill me. - Carolyn See
I play the same album over and over until the people in my house are ready to kill me.
Women want a family life that glitters and is stable. They don't want some lump spouse watching ice hockey in the late hours of his eighteenth beer. … - Carolyn See
Women want a family life that glitters and is stable. They don't want some lump spouse watching ice hockey in the late hours of his eighteenth beer. …
I don't think you think of your audience as much as you think, when you're revising, how it holds together. I mean I think the first draft is art, an… - Carolyn See
I don't think you think of your audience as much as you think, when you're revising, how it holds together. I mean I think the first draft is art, an…
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