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Quote by Christopher Bollen

“Secrets are never secure because they are always at risk of being found out.”

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Christopher Bollen, born on November 26, 1975, is an accomplished American novelist known for his distinctive narrative style and profound insights into modern society. more

“If you wanted to pursue some kind of artistic pursuit and you had another career, then you would definitely fall back on it because it would take so long. I never believed I could do two things at once. The jobs I had were minimum wage jobs that you wouldn't want to pursue for too long, or that couldn't really take over your life.”

Kind Long Fall Artistic Over You Fall Back

Author:Steve Toltz

“I never thought that it would take me so long to do something. I thought everything was temporary and sometimes the best thing you have working in your favor is a bad sense of time. In order to sit down and write a book that takes six years you have to have a screwed up sense of time because that's too daunting. No one is going to pick up a pen and a piece of paper and say, "Okay, six years, here we go."”

Writing Long Book Sometimes Okay Pens Temporary

Author:Steve Toltz

“My extended family is very political and very polar with each other, and it's put a bad taste in my mouth. All the rhetoric going back and forth and sort of hating on each other. So I'm not an extremely politically active person at this stage of my life.”

Political Hate Rhetoric Extended Family

Author:James Mercer

“I'm always interested in a claustrophobic situation where people might be powerless to do things. My first three novels were all about families. Things that happen in a house within a family, because you're a child or because you want to keep the family together, you suffer things you might not have had to suffer if you weren't in that situation.”

People Children Together Suffering House Situation Novel Powerless Family Together

Author:Lily King

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