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" Writers have a reputation for being distracted. That's because writers are distracted. They are always tuned into that other voice, the one in their head that rarely turns off. "
Elizabeth Berg
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" My characters are like my children in a way. I create them, and then I worry about them forevermore. "
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" Traditions are the inventions of people who mean to routinely put love and comfort and meaning into their lives and in the lives of those they live with. "
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" Not being as self-contained as men, we need to share things: It's almost as though you only know what you feel about things after you share them with a woman. "
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" The process of writing and creating and answering that very unique call inside yourself has nothing to do with agents and sales and all that stuff. "
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" It is true that all mothers do things differently from their own mothers, but they don't necessarily do them better. "
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" Writing is, of course, a solitary occupation. But for many writers, myself included, it's through writing that we make certain vital connections. "
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" Never try to copy other writers, and never try to have a formula. It has to come from your heart and soul. "
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" When you have that deep kind of hunger that is part longing, what's better to eat than the best apple pie? Or the best potato salad and guacamole? Or the best deviled eggs and crab cakes and white chocolate raspberry pie? "
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" I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents are. "
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" As for the notion that everything has already been said, maybe it has, but life is like meatloaf: there are so many different ways to present it. "
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" I never was a big believer that you can teach writing per se. "
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" I'm nuts about the South - the people, the language, the food, the land, the stories and writers that come from there - but it's hard to know whether I'll use it as a location again. "
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" In this wide world, I don't think that there's just one person for any of us. I think we look until we find one that feels right, and oftentimes, it works out just fine. "
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" I remember, as a child, wanting all the time to buy my parents presents. I stood around forlornly in fancy shops, unable to afford a single thing. "
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" I got married at twenty-five and had children right away, so I didn't have the worry that I would never get to have children. "
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" Sometimes the best reading comes just by accident. Someone talks about a book, or you're just wandering the stacks in the library, and you find a book that you love. "
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" I hope to show the great worth of women. So far as I'm concerned, we're still underappreciated. "
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" People see 'tradition' as something stultifying, old, and rigid, nothing that has meaning or application for us today. But families shouldn't have to follow the blueprint of the old. They can make family traditions out of whatever makes them feel comfortable and helps bring a sense of order and stability to their lives. "
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