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“When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.”

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Tea Obreht

Tea Obreht is a Serbian-American author who gained fame with her novel 'The Tiger's Wife,' which won the Booker Prize in 2011 and received widespread acclaim. Her works often explore themes of history, memory, and the human condition. more

“When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Neruda's poetry. I don't actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I don't know why, but it calms me, calms my brain.”

Knows Writing Matter Speak Brain Subjects Calm Block Plot Translations Subject Matter

Author:Tea Obreht

“When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word 'goat' looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed.”

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Author:Tea Obreht

“I immediately called the command center of the Department of Justice to let them know that my wife was on a plane that had been hijacked. I mainly wanted them know there was another hijacked plane out there.”

Knows Wanted Justice Wife My Wife Command Planes Department

Author:Ted Olson

“God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.”

Want May Want Him

Author:Terrell Owens

“I don't see outside of me.”

Author:Terrell Owens

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