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Only a woman could make so much out of so little. Give them a single fact and they'd fashion it into a story before taking a single breath Picture Quote #1

The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye Picture Quote #1

For that story, I took as my subject a young woman whom I got to know over the course of a couple of visits. I never saw her having any health problems - but I knew she wanted to be married Picture Quote #1

I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories Picture Quote #1

Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story Picture Quote #1

It's easy to set a story anywhere if you get a good guidebook and get some basic street names, and some descriptions, but, for me, yes, I am indebted to my travels to India for several of the stories Picture Quote #1

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Some Indians will come up and say that a story reminded them of something very specific to their experience. Which may or may not be the case for non Indians Picture Quote #1

When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough Picture Quote #1

Everything that's important goes on in the darkness, no doubt about it. We never know anyone's real inside story Picture Quote #1

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story Picture Quote #1

Are you like an enchanted thing? A damn story where some girl lets a warty old toad sleep in her shoe and in the mornin the toad's a good - lookin dude makin omelettes? Picture Quote #1

I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story Picture Quote #1

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Every book tells a different story to the person who reads it. How they perceive that book will depend on who they are. A good book reflects the reader, as much as it illuminates the author's text Picture Quote #1

To love someone is to put yourself in their place, we say, which is to put yourself in their story, or figure out how to tell yourself their story Picture Quote #1

Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters contributed a distinctive version of the story Picture Quote #1

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form Picture Quote #1

A birth is not really a beginning. Our lives at the start are not really our own but only the continuation of someone else's story Picture Quote #1

Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times Picture Quote #1

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A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic Picture Quote #1

Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell Picture Quote #1

My story - my own personal story - ended before my writing began. Storytelling has only ever been a way of filling in the time since everything finished Picture Quote #1

If this were a made up story, it would begin at night, with a storm blowing and owls hooting and rattling noises under the bed Picture Quote #1

To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means Picture Quote #1

It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump Picture Quote #1

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My story and my stories are all, in one or another, the same, tales of solitude and the grand pursuit of connection, of success and the inevitability of defeat Picture Quote #1

But a story was invisible, infinite, it had no size or shape. Information. It could fill the world or fit inside a fingernail Picture Quote #1

What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible Picture Quote #1

The life of every person is like a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another Picture Quote #1

I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching Picture Quote #1

Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge Picture Quote #1

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Only a woman could make so much out of so little. Give them a single fact and they'd fashion it into a story before taking a single breath (Story Quotes) The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye (Story Quotes) For that story, I took as my subject a young woman whom I got to know over the course of a couple of visits. I never saw her having any health problems - but I knew she wanted to be married (Story Quotes) I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories (Story Quotes) Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story (Story Quotes) It's easy to set a story anywhere if you get a good guidebook and get some basic street names, and some descriptions, but, for me, yes, I am indebted to my travels to India for several of the stories (Story Quotes) Some Indians will come up and say that a story reminded them of something very specific to their experience. Which may or may not be the case for non Indians (Story Quotes) When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough (Story Quotes) Everything that's important goes on in the darkness, no doubt about it. We never know anyone's real inside story (Story Quotes) I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story (Story Quotes) Are you like an enchanted thing? A damn story where some girl lets a warty old toad sleep in her shoe and in the mornin the toad's a good - lookin dude makin omelettes? (Story Quotes) I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story (Story Quotes) Every book tells a different story to the person who reads it. How they perceive that book will depend on who they are. A good book reflects the reader, as much as it illuminates the author's text (Story Quotes) To love someone is to put yourself in their place, we say, which is to put yourself in their story, or figure out how to tell yourself their story (Story Quotes) Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters contributed a distinctive version of the story (Story Quotes) The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form (Story Quotes) A birth is not really a beginning. Our lives at the start are not really our own but only the continuation of someone else's story (Story Quotes) Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times (Story Quotes) A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic (Story Quotes) Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell (Story Quotes) My story - my own personal story - ended before my writing began. Storytelling has only ever been a way of filling in the time since everything finished (Story Quotes) If this were a made up story, it would begin at night, with a storm blowing and owls hooting and rattling noises under the bed (Story Quotes) To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means (Story Quotes) It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump (Story Quotes) My story and my stories are all, in one or another, the same, tales of solitude and the grand pursuit of connection, of success and the inevitability of defeat (Story Quotes) But a story was invisible, infinite, it had no size or shape. Information. It could fill the world or fit inside a fingernail (Story Quotes) What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible (Story Quotes) The life of every person is like a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another (Story Quotes) I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching (Story Quotes) Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge (Story Quotes)

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