What did Lynne Tillman mean by: Nonfiction gives you subjects. Writing fiction I can have more fun, but I have to invent my subject. - Lynne Tillman Writer Copy
+ Being in Europe had helped me unlearn some of what I’d been taught or unconsciously believed. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lynne Tillman, Europe, Unlearn, 0 - Lynne Tillman Writer
+ There are lots of unlikable characters in literature. It doesn’t mean they’re not fascinating. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lynne Tillman, Character, Literature, 0 - Lynne Tillman Writer
+ Certainly there will always be stories. Feraz Zeid, October 3, 2023December 26, 2023, Lynne Tillman, Stories, 0 - Lynne Tillman Writer
+ Without curiosity a writer is dead. Feraz Zeid, July 16, 2023December 12, 2023, Lynne Tillman, Curiosity, 0 - Lynne Tillman Writer
+ Boring people don’t know they’re boring. That’s the problem with boring people. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lynne Tillman, Boring, Problem, 0 - Lynne Tillman Writer
+ People are less focused on the story, and more on how the story is told. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lynne Tillman, Focused, Stories, 0 - Lynne Tillman Writer
+ I subject my sentences and the words to a kind of Grand Inquisition. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lynne Tillman, Sentences, Subjects, 0 - Lynne Tillman Writer
+ People, no matter the economic class, find ways to feed their narcissism. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lynne Tillman, Class, 0 - Lynne Tillman Writer
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