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Jincy Willett quotes: Carla was wearing a No Fear sweatshirt. You are too old, Amy wanted to tell her, for legible clothing.

Carla was wearing a No Fear sweatshirt. You are too old, Amy wanted to tell her, for legible clothing.

Jincy Willett quotes: When it comes to books, I am a sensuous woman.

When it comes to books, I am a sensuous woman.

Jincy Willett quotes: There were no ordinary human beings. Everybody was born with a surprise inside.

There were no ordinary human beings. Everybody was born with a surprise inside.

Jincy Willett quotes: I'm not exactly the zeitgeist queen.

I'm not exactly the zeitgeist queen.

Jincy Willett quotes: Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.

Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.

Jincy Willett quotes: The future, vague and sad, did not frighten me half as much as knowing that it was not carved in stone.

The future, vague and sad, did not frighten me half as much as knowing that it was not carved in stone.

Jincy Willett quotes: It was morning, and nothing frightened Amy in the morning, because her will to live never kicked in until after lunch.

It was morning, and nothing frightened Amy in the morning, because her will to live never kicked in until after lunch.

Jincy Willett quotes: Only in art were there cliches; never in nature. There were no ordinary human beings. Everybody was born with surprise inside.

Only in art were there cliches; never in nature. There were no ordinary human beings. Everybody was born with surprise inside.

Jincy Willett quotes: (T)hey were at ease with each other, which was essential to a productive workshop.

(T)hey were at ease with each other, which was essential to a productive workshop.

Jincy Willett quotes: All plots are cliche.

All plots are cliche.

Jincy Willett quotes: Not just the absence of sound, but positive, warm, burnished silence.

Not just the absence of sound, but positive, warm, burnished silence.

Jincy Willett quotes: Ultimately, nobody is predictable, least of all to himself ... there wouldn't be any point in writing fiction otherwise.

Ultimately, nobody is predictable, least of all to himself ... there wouldn't be any point in writing fiction otherwise.

Jincy Willett quotes: Too bad for the storytellers. Too bad for the sense makers, the apologists, that nothing, then or ever, nothing was inevitable. It's just too bad.

Too bad for the storytellers. Too bad for the sense makers, the apologists, that nothing, then or ever, nothing was inevitable. It's just too bad.

Jincy Willett quotes: Arithmetic is the death of story.

Arithmetic is the death of story.

Jincy Willett quotes: So here is where I am so far, and this is all I know: the world is a big sardine can, and some of us are too agreeable for words.

So here is where I am so far, and this is all I know: the world is a big sardine can, and some of us are too agreeable for words. Most of us, really.

Jincy Willett quotes: ...(W)here there's drama, there's crap.

...(W)here there's drama, there's crap.

Jincy Willett quotes: Just start the sentence ... and see what happens. This is how we write.

Just start the sentence ... and see what happens. This is how we write.

Jincy Willett quotes: That's the hard work of writing. The imagining.

That's the hard work of writing. The imagining.

Jincy Willett quotes: (N)ot writing was hard work, almost as hard as writing.

(N)ot writing was hard work, almost as hard as writing.

Jincy Willett quotes: What was the value, really, of an alibi between lovers, friends, or family members? Idea for greeting card: 'Will You Be My Alibi?

What was the value, really, of an alibi between lovers, friends, or family members? Idea for greeting card: 'Will You Be My Alibi?