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“Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.”

Quote by Dana Spiotta

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Dana Spiotta is an American author known for her unique narrative techniques and profound insights into modern life. Her works often focus on complex interpersonal relationships and the psychological state of contemporary society. more

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“A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.”

Feels Should Novel Satisfaction Authenticity Crucial Stakes Formal Coherence

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“We exist because of suburbia. Suburbia is a freak’s dreamworld, a world of extra rooms upstairs and long, lazy afternoons with no interference. A place where you can listen to your LPs for hours on end. You can live in your room, your own rent-free corner of the universe, and create a world of pleasure and interest entirely centered on yourself and your interior aesthetic and logic.”

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Book:Eat the Document: A Novel

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“In order to be a living, breathing thing, a novel has to be failed in some kind of way. Or at least that's how I keep writing them.”

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“I do some weights and I do a lot of stretching.”

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“There's no man on this earth can even be assured he'll have a next day.”

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“People are better inside in your head. When you're longing for them, they're perfect.”

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“All talk is lies in a way. Only the doing of a thing can make it true.”

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“That's the thing about December: it goes by you in a flash. If you just close your eyes, it's gone. And it's like you were never there.”

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“It’s funny. When you leave your home and wander really far, you always think, ‘I want to go home.’ But then you come home, and of course it’s not the same. You can’t live with it, you can’t live away from it. And it seems like from then on there’s always this yearning for some place that doesn’t exist. I felt that. Still do. I’m never completely at home anywhere.”

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Book:From Caucasia, with Love

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“There are many similarities between Germans and blacks. The nouns themselves are loaded with so much historical baggage it's impossible for anyone to be indifferent to the simple mention of either group. We're two insightful people looking for reasons to love ourselves; and let's not forget we both love pork and wear sandals with socks.”

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Book:Slumberland: A Novel

Source: Slumberland: A Novel