Andrew Sean Greer quotes - page 2

Critics, how I would love if you could clear the word 'sentimental' from your minds. (Andrew Sean Greer)
I have come to this conclusion: if 'sentimentality' is lazy emotion, then the term itself is lazy criticism. View quote
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An elephant funeral makes me weep every time, and so does an ad with a kid leaving home for college. View quote
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You write three pages over six hours, and you don't feel like you've gotten anywhere, but if you've done a beautiful metaphor or a lovely sentence, or you finally got to some moment you wanted, then that's worth it. Then you can close your computer and get a little relief. View quote
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I don't read literary blogs. I used to read them, but it was upsetting when they would talk, in a snarky way, about my friends. View quote
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I wake up at 10. I have coffee, and then I spend a half an hour on the computer, where I read newspapers and progressive blogs. I have to tear myself away, or I'll spend all day reading. View quote
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Travel is hard, and it's mostly not your fault. View quote
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Human love and desire is my bag. View quote
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I grew up in the suburbs, which I don't think shaped me very much. View quote
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I think it would be bad to a truly successful celebrity person, because I know these novelists where people get a cult following, and they have some strange personal attachment to them because it's so personal to read a book. View quote
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Can you call and thank reviewers? I always wondered that. (Andrew Sean Greer)
Really, what you should tell a novelist is, 'Keep going until you finish the draft. Don't show it to anyone.' View quote
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I think, like, fiction has a place to understand those things that are hardest to understand that non-fiction can't ever get at. View quote
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My mother taught me to ask people about the things they love. View quote
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I'm not despairing of love at all. View quote
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I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that. View quote
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There's a certain point in chemistry and in calculus where I reached the end of my abilities, and I realized, 'This is where I'm stupid.' View quote
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Some books inspire one to read, and some inspire one to write; for selfish reasons, I'm always looking for the latter. View quote
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Every writer is an outsider. View quote
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Other writers know what you're going through, what you're talking about when you write. View quote
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My grandmother was not a great storyteller. (Andrew Sean Greer)