Wanting to know all kinds of things is perfect for novelists, because novelists are generalists. We're not specialists in anything, except, hopefully, writing.
I don't have the education of an art historian. I've certainly read about art and look at art and have educated myself to some extent. But I'm not a … - Lynne Tillman
I don't have the education of an art historian. I've certainly read about art and look at art and have educated myself to some extent. But I'm not a …
- Lynne Tillman
Desire is a word I'm tired of. I've been living with that word for years. Yes, of course, we're all desiring machines. I have sometimes wondered what… - Lynne Tillman
Desire is a word I'm tired of. I've been living with that word for years. Yes, of course, we're all desiring machines. I have sometimes wondered what…
I don't think anybody says to Coetzee or Dostoyevsky or Kafka, "Your characters aren't likeable." It's not about your character winning a popularity … - Lynne Tillman
I don't think anybody says to Coetzee or Dostoyevsky or Kafka, "Your characters aren't likeable." It's not about your character winning a popularity …
That's why our comics are important: they're pointing things out and laughing at the same time. There have been horrible, horrible times in history. … - Lynne Tillman
That's why our comics are important: they're pointing things out and laughing at the same time. There have been horrible, horrible times in history. …
Boring people don't know they're boring. That's the problem with boring people. - Lynne Tillman
Boring people don't know they're boring. That's the problem with boring people.
I'm bothered, as a reader, when I feel the writer is filling in too much. Again, whether it's nonfiction or fiction, I think writers are providing a … - Lynne Tillman
I'm bothered, as a reader, when I feel the writer is filling in too much. Again, whether it's nonfiction or fiction, I think writers are providing a …
I think it's true that unless human beings experience something, they simply don't understand what people are going through. - Lynne Tillman
I think it's true that unless human beings experience something, they simply don't understand what people are going through.
I'm trying always to leave out what I think is extraneous. And to find what I think is the most wonderful language to make a beautiful sentence. - Lynne Tillman
I'm trying always to leave out what I think is extraneous. And to find what I think is the most wonderful language to make a beautiful sentence.
Conversation on the page should reflect what the story is about. It doesn't have to be "realistic" in the sense that it's something you heard and plu… - Lynne Tillman
Conversation on the page should reflect what the story is about. It doesn't have to be "realistic" in the sense that it's something you heard and plu…
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