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Ethan Canin quotes: If you write a page a day in couple months you have a good chunk of the book and then after a year you have almost a book. It's not

If you write a page a day in couple months you have a good chunk of the book and then after a year you have almost a book. It's not that ... hard.

Ethan Canin quotes: I've written five books, a book every three years. I'm fairly lazy and it doesn't take that much ... people who are not lazy are Isaac Asimov ...

I've written five books, a book every three years. I'm fairly lazy and it doesn't take that much ... people who are not lazy are Isaac Asimov ...

Ethan Canin quotes: I work with wood a lot. I like building. I think of building. I would love to buy land on some water somewhere and build a house. That'd be nice.

I work with wood a lot. I like building. I think of building. I would love to buy land on some water somewhere and build a house. That'd be nice.

Ethan Canin quotes: He was going to think about her and think about her until she disappeared.

He was going to think about her and think about her until she disappeared.

Ethan Canin quotes: There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't really have the power ...

There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't really have the power ...

Ethan Canin quotes: One of the hallmarks of our politics now is that we tend to elect those who can campaign over those who can lead;

One of the hallmarks of our politics now is that we tend to elect those who can campaign over those who can lead;

Ethan Canin quotes: The connectors have gained the upper hand. We isolationists languish in the caves. Take

The connectors have gained the upper hand. We isolationists languish in the caves. Take

Ethan Canin quotes: To have too much time is not good, you have to force yourself. And human beings aren't meant for true freedom. I've learned that, having had it.

To have too much time is not good, you have to force yourself. And human beings aren't meant for true freedom. I've learned that, having had it.

Ethan Canin quotes: You have to be smart enough to see the world for yourself and honest. The whole book-publicity thing is not really honest, at base.

You have to be smart enough to see the world for yourself and honest. The whole book-publicity thing is not really honest, at base.

Ethan Canin quotes: If someone doesn't like your fiction, it's really insulting.

If someone doesn't like your fiction, it's really insulting.

Ethan Canin quotes: People punch up," he said. "They punch the ones who are better than them. Nobody likes a kid who does something well. That

People punch up," he said. "They punch the ones who are better than them. Nobody likes a kid who does something well. That

Ethan Canin quotes: I think fiction is about small ambition, small failed ambition.

I think fiction is about small ambition, small failed ambition.

Ethan Canin quotes: Happy isn't even a real idea," he said. "It's just like love. A reasonably skeptical person doesn't even know what it means.

Happy isn't even a real idea," he said. "It's just like love. A reasonably skeptical person doesn't even know what it means.

Ethan Canin quotes: Don't write about a character. Become that character, and then write your story.

Don't write about a character. Become that character, and then write your story.

Ethan Canin quotes: You're never so alive as after you thought you were going to die.

You're never so alive as after you thought you were going to die.