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Janet Fitch is a renowned American contemporary author, born on November 9, 1955, in California. Her works are known for their profound character development and unique narrative style, with notable titles including 'The Geeks' and 'Paint It Black'.

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“This involves more than I can discuss here, but do it. Read the writers of great prose dialogue-people like Robert Stone and Joan Didion. Compression, saying as little as possible, making everything carry much more than is actually said. Conflict. Dialogue as part of an ongoing world, not just voices in a dark room. Never say the obvious. Skip the meet and greet.”

People World Littles Said I Can Voice Dark Rooms Conflict Stones Obvious Dialogue Prose Ongoing Skip Dark Room Compression

Author:Janet Fitch

“She would buy magic every day of the week. Love me, that face said. I'm so lonely, so desperate. I'll give you whatever you want.”

Want Giving Said Faces Magic Week Lonely Desperate Days Of The Week So Lonely

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“Oleander time, she said. Lovers who kill each other now will blame it on the wind.”

Said Wind Lovers Blame Oleanders

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“Just because a poet said something didn’t mean it was true, only that it sounded good.”

Mean Said Poet

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“she was such a bad actress. she never said her lines rite, it was something perverse in her nature. and wat was her line anyway?”

Said Lines Actresses Rite

Author:Janet Fitch

“But that was the thing about zero. Its weakness. Even if zero had taken over the entire universe, the biggest fascist of all, one tiny gesture could deny it. One footprint, one atom. You didn't have to be a genius. You didn't even have to know that was what you were doing. You made a mark. You changed something. It said, "A human being passed here." And changed zero to one.”

Ifs Knows Humans Made Said Universe Human Beings Taken Changed Genius Weakness Mark Deny Tiny Zero Atoms Gestures Fascists Doing You Footprint You Changed

Author:Janet Fitch

“It's their skins I'm peeling," she said. "The skins of the insipid scribblers, which I graft to the page, creating monsters of meaninglessness.”

Said Creating Pages Skins Monsters Meaninglessness Insipid Peeling

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“I almost said, you're not broken, you're just going through something. But i couldn't. She knew. There was something terribly wrong with her, all the way inside. She was like a big diamond with a dead spot in the middle. I was supposed to breathe life into that dead spot, but it hadn't worked.”

Way Said Bigs Middle Broken Breathe Spots Emptiness Diamond Detachment Numbness

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“she’s not as pretty as you,” I said “But she’s a simpler girl,” my mother whispered.”

Said Mother Girl

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“Do you ever want to go home?' I asked Paul. He brushed an ash from my face. 'It's the century of the displaced person,' he said. 'You can never go home.”

Want Persons Said Home Faces Century Ashes

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“She’s never where she is,' I said. 'She’s only inside her head.”

Said Emptiness Detachment Numbness

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

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Born: November 9, 1955
Known for: Author
Quotes: 274

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White OleanderRelated source material

Paint It BlackRelated source material

Paint It Black: A NovelRelated source material

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