If you’re going to spend two or three years immersed in a subject, you better be deeply interested in it, or it won’t be interesting to the reader.
BETH RICHARDSON GUTCHEON
BETH RICHARDSON GUTCHEON
Beth Richardson Gutcheon on two
Beth Richardson Gutcheon6 quotes“If you’re going to spend two or three years immersed in a subject, you better be deeply interested in it, or it won’t be interesting to the reader.”
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I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I’m reviewing a book or doing research.
Beth Richardson GutcheonBeth Richardson Gutcheon Well. I don’t suppose you have to believe in ghosts to know that we are all haunted, all of us, by things we can see and feel and guess at, and many more things that we can’t.
Beth Richardson GutcheonBeth Richardson Gutcheon I’ve found in the past that the more closely I identify with the heroine, the less completely she emerges as a person.
Beth Richardson GutcheonBeth Richardson Gutcheon So from the first novel I’ve been learning techniques to distance myself from the characters so that they are not me and I don’t try to protect them in ways that aren’t good for the story.
Beth Richardson GutcheonBeth Richardson Gutcheon How quickly a person in pain whom you can’t help becomes a reproach. And then, no doubt, a thorn.
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Bill BrysonBill Bryson I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.
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Blanca LiBlanca Li At the end of the day, when two combatants get into the ring and/or cage, it’s anybody’s game, especially in MMA.
Bill GoldbergBill Goldberg Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I’ll have a witty and blistering retort! You’ll be devastated THEN
Bill WattersonBill Watterson I’m very impatient. I am. That’s the bane of my game. I don’t think about what I’m going to do – I just go hit it, I don’t stop to wait and think. Costs me two shots a round.
Brett HullBrett Hull To be influential in our conversations, we must first be aware of two things, (1) what do we want to bring to the conversation and (2) what do we want to bring out in others.
Bill CrawfordBill Crawford One is that you legislate according to natural selection, the other is that you don’t. You have compassion, you try and help people. It’s a fundamental clash between two people who happen to love each other, which complicates everything.
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