Ann Patchett Quotes About Character

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I love a large cast of characters. That's the way life is: it's flooded with people and we keep them all straight.
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Interview with Jeff Vasishta, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 16, 2016.

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Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy for people we've never met, living lives we couldn't possibly experience for ourselves, because the book puts us inside the character's skin.
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People always say, "Can writing be taught?" I always think, I can teach you how to write a better sentence, how to do dialogue, how to do character, but I can't teach you how to be a decent person, and I can't teach you how to have something to say.
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Source: www.guernicamag.com

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Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.
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"And the Winner Isn’t..." by Ann Patchett, www.nytimes.com. April 17, 2012.

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The idea I pursue is the one that keeps coming back to me. The characters I think about as I'm falling asleep at night or when I'm driving to the grocery store are the one's I wind up writing about.
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Interview with Jeff Vasishta, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 16, 2016.

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I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.
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Ann Patchett

Interview with Jeff Vasishta, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 16, 2016.

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