You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.
It is not brilliance or facility that is necessary, but the determination to bear and even enjoy the dull process of wading into one's own bad prose … - Stewart O'Nan
It is not brilliance or facility that is necessary, but the determination to bear and even enjoy the dull process of wading into one's own bad prose …
- Stewart O'Nan
You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or … - Stewart O'Nan
You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or …
Getting inside your character's head and letting the reader see the world through not just their eyes but their sensibility creates an intimacy that … - Stewart O'Nan
Getting inside your character's head and letting the reader see the world through not just their eyes but their sensibility creates an intimacy that …
When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk, the rest of the time, I try to… - Stewart O'Nan
When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk, the rest of the time, I try to…
The two hardest things about writing are starting and not stopping. - Stewart O'Nan
The two hardest things about writing are starting and not stopping.
Saul Bellow once said, 'A writer is a reader who has moved to emulation' — which I think is true. I just started writing and made that jump from read… - Stewart O'Nan
Saul Bellow once said, 'A writer is a reader who has moved to emulation' — which I think is true. I just started writing and made that jump from read…
The happiest she'd ever been was with him, and the saddest. Was that the true test of love? - Stewart O'Nan
The happiest she'd ever been was with him, and the saddest. Was that the true test of love?
The spirit of Jane Eyre looms over Once Upon a Day. Lisa Tucker keeps the plot of this gothic novel bubbling with tons of juicy family secrets. - Stewart O'Nan
The spirit of Jane Eyre looms over Once Upon a Day. Lisa Tucker keeps the plot of this gothic novel bubbling with tons of juicy family secrets.
I don't like coming home. It keeps me from being nostalgic, which by nature I am. Even before the plane begins its descent, I find myself dreading th… - Stewart O'Nan
I don't like coming home. It keeps me from being nostalgic, which by nature I am. Even before the plane begins its descent, I find myself dreading th…
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