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All Quotes by author - Susan Minot
" A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a way, on their behalf. "
Act
Responsible
Way
" A struggle, to the person experiencing it, is a struggle. "
Person
Experiencing
Struggle
" Between children and parents, there is a difficulty of seeing each other simply as people. "
Parents
Seeing
Other
" Change and renewal are themes in life, aren't they? We keep growing throughout life. "
Growing
Renewal
Keep
" David Gulden captures animals in all their wonder and intrigue, without glorifying or romanticizing them. He knows Kenya's wildlife intimately, and it shows in the depth of his images. He has an artist's eye, which delivers beauty and transport in every picture. "
Animals
Picture
Eye
" Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams. "
Desire
Way
Settings
" Families are endlessly fascinating. We all have one, and they have a great impact on who we are and what we do - Freudian as that is. "
Who
Impact
Great
" I don't consider the first-world concerns any less important than the third-world ones. "
Any
Less
Than
" I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and I ended up staying two months. "
Africa
End
Two
" Illness can make us behave in the most surprising ways. "
Us
Make
Illness
" I love 'Anna Karenina.' It's in the top five books on my list. Tolstoy is unsurpassed in combining the grand with the trivial, that is, the small details which make up life. "
Love
Top
Small
" In general, my own experience of writing an adaptation of 'Evening' gave me a chance to get into different parts of the book. "
Chance
Experience
Me
" I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, 'I'm going to bring in a chapter of my novel.' The thought that someone could think they'd write a whole long thing... I could only see twelve pages ahead. But then I realized that if you could see twelve more after that, you can start. "
School
Remember
Thought
" I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.' "
College
Writing
Back
" Longing, for everyone, is always there, isn't it? More intense at some times than others. You get closer to less longing - an odd metaphoric phrasing, I realize - then, you are further and longing more than ever again. "
Everyone
Others
You
" Minimalism has a connotation of being reductive, and not in the best way. 'Brevetist' is a better term. I'm trying to be as concise as possible and still getting across to the reader. When information is delivered in that way, it is very satisfying to me. "
Better
Me
Best
" 'Monkeys' is made up of nine short stories that tell an overall story. 'Folly' is a series of vignettes all put together to tell a larger story. In 'Lust and Other Stories,' there are nine stories - three, three, three; the beginnings of love, the middles, and the afters. "
Love
Short
Story
" Most fiction comes from your experience. "
Fiction
Experience
Most
" Our concerns aren't always appropriate or morally elevated. "
Appropriate
Our
Always
" Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least some of the new impressions of a foreign place, when its thrilling barrage can sometimes overwhelm you. "
Place
Painting
Moments
" People can have a variety of concerns at the same time. Even those undergoing grave or traumatic experiences will acknowledge the need for lightness or even entertainment. "
Will
Time
People
" Preserving that privacy between a writer and the work is important. You have to shut out all those voices that have reacted to your work. "
Work
You
Important
" Recklessness is par for the course when you're 25. "
Par
Course
You
" Recording a scene with paint rather than film sinks you more deeply into your surroundings. You have to look a little harder and a little longer. And you end up with a memento. "
End
You
Look
" So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things. "
Know
Things Happen
People
" Success did change me. You don't want it to, but it does. "
Change
Did
Me
" The idea that there is a family somewhere who functions is an odd concept. "
Odd
Idea
Somewhere
" There are aspects of love that I once undervalued. Kindness. Having a sort of honor when love is on the table. "
Love Is
Honor
Love
" The teenager's room is her cave. It is here she can meet herself, undistracted by the new hassles life is making for her. Here, she can reflect. "
Reflect
Cave
Life
" When I look through my sketchbooks, they bring back moments that I would otherwise have completely forgotten. "
Forgotten
Look
Bring
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