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“I don't know what a natural thought process is.”

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Lynne Tillman is an American contemporary novelist, born in 1947. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound social insights, often focusing on modern urban life and the roles and identities of individuals within society. more

“I think I'm too indoctrinated. I'm going to use everything I can, and I think if I used an advertisement in that one, it would be yet another way to connect the current day with Wharton. Wharton has been perceived sometimes as being too upper class; Wharton was an extraordinary social thinker. As relevant today as anyone, so she uses some language that isn't current, but to me, I'm so happy about that because I get so bored with the 100 words that people mostly use.”

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Author:Lynne Tillman

“I think there's much more privileging of the new in art. I think people want to think they privilege the new in writing, but I agree with Virginia Woolf. She wrote a great essay called "Craftsmanship" about how difficult it is to use new words. It's really hard, but you see them coming in because obviously, if you're going to write... I mean, even to write "cell phone" in a novel - it's so boring.”

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Author:Lynne Tillman

“I think the major device for me is that narrator's voice. I'm always trying to find a different kind of form to tell whatever story it is, and I wish that weren't so, because it drives me crazy.”

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Author:Lynne Tillman

“I'm the author of my own misery.”

Misery

Author:Lynne Tillman

“I also think that the issue of doubt and uncertainty is always a good thing and I question why I believe what I believe. I see things changing all around me and I don't feel devoted to a form. If I'm devoted to anything, I'm devoted to the attempt - the "trying" to do something.”

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Author:Lynne Tillman

“Out of all the weird things out of the tour, the weirdest thing for me is singing every day.”

Singing

Author:Dev Hynes

“Having to sing makes me feel like a singer. And I don't view myself as a singer, but I guess I now am, because I am singing every day.”

Singing

Author:Dev Hynes

“The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.”

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“I've been enjoying showing the music I perform to these people who have not heard it before. I think it's kind of interesting in a scientific kind of way. I don't mind either way the outcomes of the shows I've played, I just genuinely find it interesting seeing people's reactions.”

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Author:Dev Hynes

“Nothing is a matter of age. It's really in the person because you can publish book after book after book and still want that golden apple. And maybe it's the reality principle that has hit me. I believe that a career is very different from writing. My career is a certain kind of career.”

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Author:Lynne Tillman

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