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Karen Russell Quotes

Mothers burning inside the risen suns of their children Picture Quote #1

The girl has a funny way of romanticizing things Picture Quote #1

Could we betray our parents by going back to them Picture Quote #1

If you’re gonna do something weird, just have one thing be weird Picture Quote #1

New York is a weird place Picture Quote #1

The very best moment of writing ‘Swamplandia!’ was when I figured out what the ending should be. And even though I changed the prose of it, that realization was an ice cube melting in my chest Picture Quote #1

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Pain collected into deep pockets and I was aware of this painbut somehow I could not seem to feel it. It was like a body-deafness Picture Quote #1

In short stories there’s more permission to be elliptical. You can have image-logic, or it’s almost like a poem in that you can come to a lot of meanings within a short space Picture Quote #1

Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become a spacious place Picture Quote #1

I tended to be drawn to the weirder, darker stuff. Horror and sci-fi anthologies Picture Quote #1

I moved to New York with the derangement of love. I was writing all these terrible stories, but I had never been happier Picture Quote #1

At the end of the block where I used to live in Coconut Grove in Miami, there’s a swampy area, a no-name alcove with a little mangrove estuary. It’s beautiful Picture Quote #1

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Tin House magazine is a port in the storm for people who love language. It is unfailingly excellent, and committed to publishing new voices in addition to delivering freaky-fresh work from established writers Picture Quote #1

Mythology is a really beautiful vocabulary passed down through centuries that helps us understand the perennial parts of our nature Picture Quote #1

People really get myopic as they get older. We’re not a culture that encourages dreaming or distraction. We’re not ever good at just being Picture Quote #1

It took me the bulk of my twenties to write one book about a family of alligator wrestlers. Whereas somebody like Steve Martin is releasing his latest banjo symphony, having just completed another movie and acclaimed, best-selling novel Picture Quote #1

I’m probably a lot closer than perhaps the contents of my early fiction suggest to a jaded Denny’s waitress with smoker’s-lung-black humor than a ghost hunter Picture Quote #1

I’m living two blocks away from this library - and I don’t know why I was so elated about this - but I’m in my mesh jogging shorts in the elevator and I saw that my book ‘Swamplandia!’ was their book club selection. And I was over the moon Picture Quote #1

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You don’t want people to think you’re just writing stories for children about a pig in a tutu Picture Quote #1

Now I’ll read anytime, anywhere. I love reading in front of the space heater. Isn’t that a sad confession? But it’s like my substitute for the roaring fireplace of yore Picture Quote #1

I’d love to meet Flannery O’Connor. I think I’d be content to hear her speak on any subject. What forces shaped her. What nebula of books and stories were whirling together inside her at the time of her death Picture Quote #1

It can be difficult workshopping novels because any questions or qualms you have as the author can be like, ‘That’s next chapter, don’t worry about it!’ I don’t think the workshop is set up so well to do that for novels Picture Quote #1

...A food truce, the picnic suspension of oedipal feeling that permits the generations to love each other at family reunions Picture Quote #1

So much of the way books get classified has to do with marketing decisions. I think it’s more useful to think of literary books and sci-fi/fantasy books as existing on a continuum Picture Quote #1

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I really try to write every day. It’s hard, but it’s my favorite thing to do, so it’s usually not too, too hard Picture Quote #1

I often felt myself to be an outsider, which is great training for all writers Picture Quote #1

It’s funny to think about the uncanny reflexively, as an author who is perhaps gradually becoming aware of my own hidden secrets. Accessing that shadowy territory really requires the physical act of writing Picture Quote #1

I hope that in my thirties I grow as a writer, push into new territory Picture Quote #1

My favorite classes were always dumb nerdy vocabulary Picture Quote #1

My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather. One such melting occurs in summer rain, at midnight, during the vine-green breathing time right before sleep. You have to ask the right question, throw the right rope bridge, to get there-and then bolt across the chasm between you, before your bridge collapses Picture Quote #1

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Mothers burning inside the risen suns of their children (Karen Russell Quotes) The girl has a funny way of romanticizing things (Karen Russell Quotes) Could we betray our parents by going back to them (Karen Russell Quotes) If you’re gonna do something weird, just have one thing be weird (Karen Russell Quotes) New York is a weird place (Karen Russell Quotes) The very best moment of writing ‘Swamplandia!’ was when I figured out what the ending should be. And even though I changed the prose of it, that realization was an ice cube melting in my chest. (Karen Russell Quotes) Pain collected into deep pockets and I was aware of this painbut somehow I could not seem to feel it. It was like a body-deafness (Karen Russell Quotes) In short stories there’s more permission to be elliptical. You can have image-logic, or it’s almost like a poem in that you can come to a lot of meanings within a short space (Karen Russell Quotes) Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become a spacious place (Karen Russell Quotes) I tended to be drawn to the weirder, darker stuff. Horror and sci-fi anthologies (Karen Russell Quotes) I moved to New York with the derangement of love. I was writing all these terrible stories, but I had never been happier (Karen Russell Quotes) At the end of the block where I used to live in Coconut Grove in Miami, there’s a swampy area, a no-name alcove with a little mangrove estuary. It’s beautiful (Karen Russell Quotes) Tin House magazine is a port in the storm for people who love language. It is unfailingly excellent, and committed to publishing new voices in addition to delivering freaky-fresh work from established writers (Karen Russell Quotes) Mythology is a really beautiful vocabulary passed down through centuries that helps us understand the perennial parts of our nature. (Karen Russell Quotes) People really get myopic as they get older. We’re not a culture that encourages dreaming or distraction. We’re not ever good at just being. (Karen Russell Quotes) It took me the bulk of my twenties to write one book about a family of alligator wrestlers. Whereas somebody like Steve Martin is releasing his latest banjo symphony, having just completed another movie and acclaimed, best-selling novel (Karen Russell Quotes) I’m probably a lot closer than perhaps the contents of my early fiction suggest to a jaded Denny’s waitress with smoker’s-lung-black humor than a ghost hunter. (Karen Russell Quotes) I’m living two blocks away from this library - and I don’t know why I was so elated about this - but I’m in my mesh jogging shorts in the elevator and I saw that my book ‘Swamplandia!’ was their book club selection. And I was over the moon. (Karen Russell Quotes) You don’t want people to think you’re just writing stories for children about a pig in a tutu. (Karen Russell Quotes) Now I’ll read anytime, anywhere. I love reading in front of the space heater. Isn’t that a sad confession? But it’s like my substitute for the roaring fireplace of yore. (Karen Russell Quotes) I’d love to meet Flannery O’Connor. I think I’d be content to hear her speak on any subject. What forces shaped her. What nebula of books and stories were whirling together inside her at the time of her death. (Karen Russell Quotes) It can be difficult workshopping novels because any questions or qualms you have as the author can be like, ‘That’s next chapter, don’t worry about it!’ I don’t think the workshop is set up so well to do that for novels. (Karen Russell Quotes) ...A food truce, the picnic suspension of oedipal feeling that permits the generations to love each other at family reunions. (Karen Russell Quotes) So much of the way books get classified has to do with marketing decisions. I think it’s more useful to think of literary books and sci-fi/fantasy books as existing on a continuum. (Karen Russell Quotes) I really try to write every day. It’s hard, but it’s my favorite thing to do, so it’s usually not too, too hard. (Karen Russell Quotes) I often felt myself to be an outsider, which is great training for all writers (Karen Russell Quotes) It’s funny to think about the uncanny reflexively, as an author who is perhaps gradually becoming aware of my own hidden secrets. Accessing that shadowy territory really requires the physical act of writing. (Karen Russell Quotes) I hope that in my thirties I grow as a writer, push into new territory (Karen Russell Quotes) My favorite classes were always dumb nerdy vocabulary (Karen Russell Quotes) My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather. One such melting occurs in summer rain, at midnight, during the vine-green breathing time right before sleep. You have to ask the right question, throw the right rope bridge, to get there-and then bolt across the chasm between you, before your bridge collapses (Karen Russell Quotes)

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