Wally Lamb quotes - page 2

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned. (Wally Lamb)
I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing. View quote
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I love the most the students with troubled lives. View quote
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When I was a kid... I needed to belong. View quote
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I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read. View quote
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life. View quote
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Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book. View quote
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Love stories are probably all Ive ever been able to write or want to write. View quote
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Getting a job scared her but she was determined not to shy away from risk. That's what life's all about. Climbing out onto the airplane wing and jumping off. View quote
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves. View quote
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