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“Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!”

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Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman is a renowned American contemporary novelist, born on March 16, 1952. Her works are known for their dreamlike narrative style and rich imagination, which have won her a large following among readers. more

“I think there is an enormous diference between speaking and writing. One rereads what one writes. But one might read it slowly or quickly. In other words, you do not know how long you will have to spend deliberating over a sentence. ... But if I listen to a tape recorder, the listening time is determined by the speed at which the tape turns and not by my own needs.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Needs Writing Long Might Turns My Own Know How Listening Determined Sentences Speed Enormous Tape Recorders Speaking And Writing

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“Everything in my past, in my training, everything that has been most essential in my activity up to now has made me above all a man who writes, and it is too late for that to change.”

Men Writing Has Beens Made Past Activity Essentials Late Training Too Late My Past

Book:Sartre in the Seventies: Interviews and Essays

Source: Sartre in the Seventies: Interviews and Essays

“Many young people today do not concern themselves with style. They think that what one says should be said simply and that is all. For me, style - which does not exclude simplicity, quite the opposite - is above all a way of saying three or four things in one. There is the simple sentence, with its immediate meaning, and then at the same time, below this immediate meaning, other meanings are organized. If one is not capable of giving language this plurality of meaning, then it is not worth the trouble to write.”

Source: Sartre in the Seventies: Interviews and Essays

“I'm not comfortable with categories, and I distrust most definitions. The word 'definition' is based on the word 'finite,' which would seem to indicate that once we've defined something, we don't need to think about it anymore.”

Thinking Needs Seems Comfortable Definitions Defined Categories Distrust Finite

Author:Artie Shaw

“Surprise is inherent in the structure of the world.”

World Structure Surprise Inherent

Book:Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

Source: Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

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