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Amity Gaige quotes: Nobody writes like Nabokov; nobody ever will. What I would give to write one sentence like Vladimir!

Nobody writes like Nabokov; nobody ever will. What I would give to write one sentence like Vladimir!

Amity Gaige quotes: I loved Madeleine L'Engle as a child - 'A Wrinkle in Time.'

I loved Madeleine L'Engle as a child - 'A Wrinkle in Time.'

Amity Gaige quotes: Oh, I'm a pretty bad poet. This has been corroborated by others.

Oh, I'm a pretty bad poet. This has been corroborated by others.

Amity Gaige quotes: I think novels are profoundly autobiographical. If writers deny that, they are lying. Or if it's really true, then I think it's a mistake.

I think novels are profoundly autobiographical. If writers deny that, they are lying. Or if it's really true, then I think it's a mistake.

Amity Gaige quotes: My personal writing philosophy is to try and write better every day.

My personal writing philosophy is to try and write better every day.

Amity Gaige quotes: I often read poetry to 'warm up' before I write.

I often read poetry to 'warm up' before I write.

Amity Gaige quotes: To me, self-esteem is not self-love. It is self-acknowledgment, as in recognizing and accepting who you are.

To me, self-esteem is not self-love. It is self-acknowledgment, as in recognizing and accepting who you are.

Amity Gaige quotes: I think I have a very American desire and willingness to divulge everything. I would divulge more if I didn't know it wasn't smart.

I think I have a very American desire and willingness to divulge everything. I would divulge more if I didn't know it wasn't smart.

Amity Gaige quotes: My mother was born in Latvia. She and most of her family fled from the capital city of Riga in 1944 with the final approach of the Soviet army.

My mother was born in Latvia. She and most of her family fled from the capital city of Riga in 1944 with the final approach of the Soviet army.

Amity Gaige quotes: Let's admit it; the only use for complaining is to make people laugh.

Let's admit it; the only use for complaining is to make people laugh.

Amity Gaige quotes: Reading while I'm writing ideally inspires my competitive side. When I read great writers, I want to be a better writer.

Reading while I'm writing ideally inspires my competitive side. When I read great writers, I want to be a better writer.

Amity Gaige quotes: I love writing letters. In order to write a novel in first person, I think I needed an addressee.

I love writing letters. In order to write a novel in first person, I think I needed an addressee.

Amity Gaige quotes: As separate people, we are weak, but we could be a peaceful, powerful nation.

As separate people, we are weak, but we could be a peaceful, powerful nation.

Amity Gaige quotes: I often heard Latvians compare Russia and America. Latvians find both countries and their leaders possessed of the same mysterious confidence.

I often heard Latvians compare Russia and America. Latvians find both countries and their leaders possessed of the same mysterious confidence.

Amity Gaige quotes: To be a writer, open your heart. Keep it open. You can't be a writer with a closed heart.

To be a writer, open your heart. Keep it open. You can't be a writer with a closed heart.

Amity Gaige quotes: Self-esteem comes quietly, like the truth.

Self-esteem comes quietly, like the truth.

Amity Gaige quotes: 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' is, to my mind, a work of perfect genius.

'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' is, to my mind, a work of perfect genius.

Amity Gaige quotes: Don't let anyone tell you there's only one way to write.

Don't let anyone tell you there's only one way to write.

Amity Gaige quotes: There would be times when I got so much work that I didn't have time to write. School interfered with writing more than writing with school.

There would be times when I got so much work that I didn't have time to write. School interfered with writing more than writing with school.