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“My novels are certainly more exciting than my own life.”

My Own Novel Exciting My Own Life

Author:Tom Perrotta

“With the novels, I usually start from something in my own life that I can't resolve, so I turn it into a metaphor and for months or sometimes years I'll exhaust all of my emotional reaction to this issue by making it enormous on the page.”

Years I Can Sometimes Turns My Own Novel Issues Emotional Months Pages Metaphor Enormous Reactions Resolve My Own Life Emotional Reactions

Author:Chuck Palahniuk

“I project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life.”

Thinking Character My Own Novel Projects My Own Life

Book:Conversations with Paul Auster

Source: Conversations with Paul Auster

“Sometimes when a character in a novel is difficult for me to enter, I sue something in myself or in my own life as a doorway into that character's mind and emotions.”

Mind Sometimes Character Difficult My Own Emotion Novel My Own Life Doorways

Author:Marge Piercy

“Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.”

Needs My Own Novel Picks Bliss My Own Life

Author:David Macaulay