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Francine Prose quotes: Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.

Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.

Francine Prose quotes: I'm out of the equation, an innocent bystander at the major love affair Joan is having with Joan

I'm out of the equation, an innocent bystander at the major love affair Joan is having with Joan

Francine Prose quotes: I wrote about four novels before I wrote a word of journalism.

I wrote about four novels before I wrote a word of journalism.

Francine Prose quotes: And there was that trick he did with time, making it speed up when we were together and drag til I saw him again.

And there was that trick he did with time, making it speed up when we were together and drag til I saw him again.

Francine Prose quotes: Isolated in the attic, Anne could only examine her own history and her own conscience, and try to locate the wellspring of her sadness and her rage.

Isolated in the attic, Anne could only examine her own history and her own conscience, and try to locate the wellspring of her sadness and her rage.

Francine Prose quotes: People see everything through the lens of their obsessions.

People see everything through the lens of their obsessions.

Francine Prose quotes: A work of art can start you thinking about some aesthetic or philosophical problem; it can suggest some new method, some fresh approach to fiction.

A work of art can start you thinking about some aesthetic or philosophical problem; it can suggest some new method, some fresh approach to fiction.

Francine Prose quotes: Good writing should be grasped at once - in a second.

Good writing should be grasped at once - in a second.

Francine Prose quotes: Also discovered my inward happiness and my defensive armor of superficiality and gaiety.

Also discovered my inward happiness and my defensive armor of superficiality and gaiety.

Francine Prose quotes: In part what made the club such a haven was its power to make each person feel temporarily less alone.

In part what made the club such a haven was its power to make each person feel temporarily less alone.

Francine Prose quotes: I'm in a rage all of the time.

I'm in a rage all of the time.

Francine Prose quotes: Her mother had responded in kind, and the result was "unpleasantness and misery rebounding all the time.

Her mother had responded in kind, and the result was "unpleasantness and misery rebounding all the time.

Francine Prose quotes: I work really long days and I work seven day weeks.

I work really long days and I work seven day weeks.

Francine Prose quotes: Minutes after the shootings, everybody's cell phone rang.

Minutes after the shootings, everybody's cell phone rang.

Francine Prose quotes: But did I ever get over her? She came to symbolize everything I wanted and would never have.

But did I ever get over her? She came to symbolize everything I wanted and would never have.

Francine Prose quotes: I think of myself as someone with a kind of Tourette's. I cannot help saying the thing you're not supposed to say.

I think of myself as someone with a kind of Tourette's. I cannot help saying the thing you're not supposed to say.

Francine Prose quotes: Vinegar of the interrogator with the oil of a flirt,

Vinegar of the interrogator with the oil of a flirt,

Francine Prose quotes: Maybe real love is being able to ask, Do I have greens in my teeth?

Maybe real love is being able to ask, Do I have greens in my teeth?

Francine Prose quotes: Many people have a gift for language that flows when they are talking and dries up when they are confronted with the blank page,

Many people have a gift for language that flows when they are talking and dries up when they are confronted with the blank page,

Francine Prose quotes: We don't know what we'd do. Nobody knows what accident of fate or DNA or character will determine how we act when the shit hits the fan.

We don't know what we'd do. Nobody knows what accident of fate or DNA or character will determine how we act when the shit hits the fan.

Francine Prose quotes: We never believe we're beautiful, no matter how many times we hear it. We never believe it until someone says it in the right way.

We never believe we're beautiful, no matter how many times we hear it. We never believe it until someone says it in the right way.

Francine Prose quotes: Only a natural writer could sound as if she is not writing so much as thinking on the page.

Only a natural writer could sound as if she is not writing so much as thinking on the page.

Francine Prose quotes: A lot of girls who turn into something remarkable start off as irrepressible, confident and a handful.

A lot of girls who turn into something remarkable start off as irrepressible, confident and a handful.

Francine Prose quotes: Every song may be someone's personal implement of torture.

Every song may be someone's personal implement of torture.

Francine Prose quotes: I heard he went home to Poughkeepsie and moved back in with his mom.

I heard he went home to Poughkeepsie and moved back in with his mom.

Francine Prose quotes: Love is strange was what everyone said. It was practically the club motto.

Love is strange was what everyone said. It was practically the club motto.

Francine Prose quotes: Be patient. Life will give you what you need (to write your story).

Be patient. Life will give you what you need (to write your story).

Francine Prose quotes: All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.

All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.

Francine Prose quotes: Traditionally, the love of reading has been born and nurtured in high school English class

Traditionally, the love of reading has been born and nurtured in high school English class

Francine Prose quotes: Like the one-sentence paragraph, the second-person point of view can also make us suspect that style is being used as a substitute for content.

Like the one-sentence paragraph, the second-person point of view can also make us suspect that style is being used as a substitute for content.

Francine Prose quotes: decision. I was tired of his jealousy, sick of his belief that the only permissible topic of conversation was his unrecognized genius.

decision. I was tired of his jealousy, sick of his belief that the only permissible topic of conversation was his unrecognized genius.

Francine Prose quotes: There are some people who remain your best friends even if you haven't seen them for ages, and others with whom you start from scratch every time.

There are some people who remain your best friends even if you haven't seen them for ages, and others with whom you start from scratch every time.

Francine Prose quotes: All of us have observed how often our erotic attractions reflect a mysterious but consistent taste, almost as if we were ordering a favorite dish

All of us have observed how often our erotic attractions reflect a mysterious but consistent taste, almost as if we were ordering a favorite dish

Francine Prose quotes: One: See the two of them everywhere. Contemplate suicide. Would it seem too tourist-y to jump off the Eiffel Tower?

One: See the two of them everywhere. Contemplate suicide. Would it seem too tourist-y to jump off the Eiffel Tower?

Francine Prose quotes: I think poets are much more dramatic, more theatrical than fiction writers.

I think poets are much more dramatic, more theatrical than fiction writers.

Francine Prose quotes: Fact-checking is so boring compared to writing fiction.

Fact-checking is so boring compared to writing fiction.

Francine Prose quotes: The chill lowered my defenses, and I caught a fever. A fever to understand.

The chill lowered my defenses, and I caught a fever. A fever to understand.

Francine Prose quotes: When we humans speak, we are not merely communicating information but attempting to make an impression and achieve a goal.

When we humans speak, we are not merely communicating information but attempting to make an impression and achieve a goal.

Francine Prose quotes: There are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing.

There are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing.

Francine Prose quotes: Consequently, we sympathize. We identify. We care. In fact, most writers would like you to identify

Consequently, we sympathize. We identify. We care. In fact, most writers would like you to identify

Francine Prose quotes: Reading was like eating alone, with that same element of bingeing.

Reading was like eating alone, with that same element of bingeing.

Francine Prose quotes: Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time.

Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time.

Francine Prose quotes: A woman would have to be crazy to marry, or even have sex with, a man who would prosecute every lover's quarrel like a criminal case

A woman would have to be crazy to marry, or even have sex with, a man who would prosecute every lover's quarrel like a criminal case

Francine Prose quotes: Throughout her life, she behaved as if she had never heard anyone suggest that a woman couldn't do entirely as she pleased.

Throughout her life, she behaved as if she had never heard anyone suggest that a woman couldn't do entirely as she pleased.

Francine Prose quotes: You aim for what you want and if you don't get it, you don't get it, but if you don't aim, you don't get anything.

You aim for what you want and if you don't get it, you don't get it, but if you don't aim, you don't get anything.