Ann Patchett on What Writing Is

“Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.”

~ Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963), Truth and Beauty

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T.C. Boyle on the Necessity of Surprises

“There are always surprises. Life may be inveterately grim and the surprises disproportionately unpleasant, but it would be hardly worth living if there were no exceptions, no sunny days, no acts of random kindness.”

~ T.C. Boyle, (aka Tom Coraghessan Boyle, born Thomas John Boyle on December 2, 1948), The Tortilla Curtain

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