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“If you're gonna do something weird, just have one thing be weird.”

Quote by Karen Russell

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Karen Russell is an acclaimed American novelist, born on July 10, 1981. Her works are known for their unique imagination, rich symbolism, and profound social insights. Russell's novels often explore themes of human-nature relationships, cultural conflicts, and the exploration of personal identity. more

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“I have friends who are capable of writing a very rough draft and then going back and embroidering - they're sort of the cathedral builders of fiction. I never really know what I'm doing, and all my pleasure's on the level of the line. It's a weird way to move forward. It's kind of like a way to caterpillar your way through these great woods. The best ones, whatever I feel like I'm writing about, some other secret thing will begin to come into focus.”

Knows Way Feels Writing Kind Moving Lines Pleasure Levels Secret Fiction Focus Capable Woods Moving Forward Rough Builder Cathedrals Caterpillars Rough Drafts

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“The folks I read as a kid really set me up. I owe a huge debt to Ray Bradbury and Madeleine L'Engle.”

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“People really get myopic as they get older. We're not a culture that encourages dreaming or distraction. We're not ever good at just being. I remember reading some Adrienne Rich quote where she talks about how important it was just to watch bubbles rise in a glass.”

People Important Dream Remember Culture Reading Watches Rich Glasses Distraction Bubbles Just Being Myopic

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“I do think there's something when you have an unbroken day, and it feels like you and your attention can just be together like birds again and you can actually think and dream a little.”

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“My backyard was replete with madness, it just grew indigenously in South Florida.”

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“The stories that I want to tell are completely, well somewhat autobiographical. It's completely based on my own self-absorption issues and problems.”

Want Wells Self Stories Problem My Own Issues Absorption Self Absorption

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“I hear people talk in my head and I write it down. I choose where they live and how they dress to be real. That person wouldn't wear that. That person wouldn't say that. She can't afford to live like that. All that bullshit that so many movies have in them. I don't want to see that.”

People Want Writing Persons Real Dresses Being Real Bullshit

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“I think I'm a good writer. I think I have my own voice, which is unique to everyone, everyone has their own voice; if they would just write from a vulnerable embarrassing place, it's going to be universal and it's going to be entertaining. Because everyone is the same and everyone is unique.”

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“Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny.”

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“Marriages are so complicated that no one person is the culprit. But, I am really interested in class without really realizing that I am. It's more the manifestations of different classes that interest me.”

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