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Lauren Groff Quotes

Sex is a good starting point for everything Picture Quote #1

Writing is the lonely sport of sad sacks Picture Quote #1

I’m always hungry for people Picture Quote #1

Everything is cyclical. Historical eras go through times of intense cynicism, broken by periods of intense idealism Picture Quote #1

In terms of writing, I think what most fiction writers treasure more than anything is the feeling that they’re living for the length of a book inside another person Picture Quote #1

While writing, writers are living inside a character or characters, and when the book ekes into the world, writers are living inside the reader. That’s more than connecting Picture Quote #1

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If you look at communal experiments in general for any amount of time, you’ll find a lot of horrors: raped children, sexual slavery, eugenics experiments, on and on Picture Quote #1

I’ve never wanted to chuck my mortgage, drop the kids off at their grandparents’ and run gloriously naked in fields of flax Picture Quote #1

The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves Picture Quote #1

It’s wonderful that nothing you write is ever going to be as beautiful as what’s in your head, because that gap is where the art can enter and begin to stretch its limbs Picture Quote #1

I won’t walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck. I am superstitious about everything Picture Quote #1

We need the skeletons of other stories to understand our own, sometimes Picture Quote #1

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I see ghosts everywhere, and that is partially a function of my being incredibly near-sighted and reading way too late into the night Picture Quote #1

Freedom or community, community or freedom. One must decide the way one wants to live. I chose community Picture Quote #1

You had to pick up a landline to make sure your best friend wore a matching outfit to school. I do remember people talking more. Nostalgia is dangerous, though Picture Quote #1

If the literary category of ‘mordant fable’ exists at all, it may be because Brock Clarke invented it. The Happiest People in the World is everything we fans have come to love from a Clarke novel: playful and deliriously skewed, and somehow balancing between genuinely great-hearted and gloriously weird Picture Quote #1

I won’t walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck. I am superstitious about everything Picture Quote #1

I see ghosts everywhere, and that is partially a function of my being incredibly near-sighted and reading way too late into the night Picture Quote #1

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Research is about following the gleam into the dark. It’s also about being sensitive enough to know which fact is the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders, as opposed to the fact that deadens and kills a delicate new project Picture Quote #1

It seems to me that if you were to take almost any half-century in history, you’d find a grand societal tug-of-war between the community and the individual Picture Quote #1

If there’s a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it Picture Quote #1

While writing, writers are living inside a character or characters, and when the book ekes into the world, writers are living inside the reader. That’s more than connecting Picture Quote #1

I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a life Picture Quote #1

I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you’re older Picture Quote #1

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The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves Picture Quote #1

In terms of writing, I think what most fiction writers treasure more than anything is the feeling that they’re living for the length of a book inside another person Picture Quote #1

I love Twitter. It’s like having a closet full of clever friends that you can visit twice a day, then shove back into the darkness when you’re tired of them Picture Quote #1

It seems to me that if you were to take almost any half-century in history, you’d find a grand societal tug-of-war between the community and the individual Picture Quote #1

I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a life Picture Quote #1

I love writing from enclosed spaces: you really learn about your characters when they have tight walls to push against Picture Quote #1

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Sex is a good starting point for everything (Lauren Groff Quotes) Writing is the lonely sport of sad sacks (Lauren Groff Quotes) I’m always hungry for people (Lauren Groff Quotes) Everything is cyclical. Historical eras go through times of intense cynicism, broken by periods of intense idealism (Lauren Groff Quotes) In terms of writing, I think what most fiction writers treasure more than anything is the feeling that they’re living for the length of a book inside another person (Lauren Groff Quotes) While writing, writers are living inside a character or characters, and when the book ekes into the world, writers are living inside the reader. That’s more than connecting (Lauren Groff Quotes) If you look at communal experiments in general for any amount of time, you’ll find a lot of horrors: raped children, sexual slavery, eugenics experiments, on and on (Lauren Groff Quotes) I’ve never wanted to chuck my mortgage, drop the kids off at their grandparents’ and run gloriously naked in fields of flax (Lauren Groff Quotes) The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves (Lauren Groff Quotes) It’s wonderful that nothing you write is ever going to be as beautiful as what’s in your head, because that gap is where the art can enter and begin to stretch its limbs (Lauren Groff Quotes) I won’t walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck. I am superstitious about everything (Lauren Groff Quotes) We need the skeletons of other stories to understand our own, sometimes (Lauren Groff Quotes) I see ghosts everywhere, and that is partially a function of my being incredibly near-sighted and reading way too late into the night (Lauren Groff Quotes) Freedom or community, community or freedom. One must decide the way one wants to live. I chose community (Lauren Groff Quotes) You had to pick up a landline to make sure your best friend wore a matching outfit to school. I do remember people talking more. Nostalgia is dangerous, though (Lauren Groff Quotes) If the literary category of ‘mordant fable’ exists at all, it may be because Brock Clarke invented it. The Happiest People in the World is everything we fans have come to love from a Clarke novel: playful and deliriously skewed, and somehow balancing between genuinely great-hearted and gloriously weird (Lauren Groff Quotes) I won’t walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck. I am superstitious about everything. (Lauren Groff Quotes) I see ghosts everywhere, and that is partially a function of my being incredibly near-sighted and reading way too late into the night. (Lauren Groff Quotes) Research is about following the gleam into the dark. It’s also about being sensitive enough to know which fact is the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders, as opposed to the fact that deadens and kills a delicate new project. (Lauren Groff Quotes) It seems to me that if you were to take almost any half-century in history, you’d find a grand societal tug-of-war between the community and the individual. (Lauren Groff Quotes) If there’s a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it. (Lauren Groff Quotes) While writing, writers are living inside a character or characters, and when the book ekes into the world, writers are living inside the reader. That’s more than connecting. (Lauren Groff Quotes) I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a life. (Lauren Groff Quotes) I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you’re older. (Lauren Groff Quotes) The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves. (Lauren Groff Quotes) In terms of writing, I think what most fiction writers treasure more than anything is the feeling that they’re living for the length of a book inside another person. (Lauren Groff Quotes) I love Twitter. It’s like having a closet full of clever friends that you can visit twice a day, then shove back into the darkness when you’re tired of them (Lauren Groff Quotes) It seems to me that if you were to take almost any half-century in history, you’d find a grand societal tug-of-war between the community and the individual (Lauren Groff Quotes) I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a life (Lauren Groff Quotes) I love writing from enclosed spaces: you really learn about your characters when they have tight walls to push against (Lauren Groff Quotes)

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