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“Great books are written from a sense that there is nothing to lose.”

Quote by Matthew Specktor

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Matthew Specktor

Matthew Specktor is an accomplished American novelist born on December 21, 1966. His works are known for their profound character development and unique narrative style, which have earned him a dedicated following. more

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“I don't feel like I'm self-conscious about what's next. I don't care. I know what it's like to be ignored, and I know what it's like not to be.”

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“I'm going to write what I feel like writing, which is a great place to be. But it can be hard to get there. It's so easy to get stricken with one kind of self-consciousness or another.”

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“Sacrificing one's life on the altar of literature is in some ways like sacrificing a goat to some malicious spirit. It's not always a humane or necessary decision.”

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“We go to literature because it shows us some set of humane values. It is showing us how to live.”

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“There's a kind of perverseness or betrayal in that idea that art is somehow superior to life. Or that it's more important to write well than it is to take out the garbage.”

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“I thought, writing is everything, it's so much more important than this or that. If only I could give that young man a stern talking to. Having a child changes things quite a bit.”

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“Even though I think writers can sometimes thrive from being misread. It can give them something to push off of.”

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“I think writers can gain a lot of vitality from being misread.”

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“I've always found too that somewhere in whatever you've just written lies the seed of what you're going to write next.”

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