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Tea Obreht Quotes

My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they’re gone we’re left with the concept, but not the true memory Picture Quote #1

When you’re in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you’re writing about it Picture Quote #1

When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother’s hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word ‘goat’ looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed Picture Quote #1

When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what’s going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Neruda’s poetry. I don’t actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I don’t know why, but it calms me, calms my brain Picture Quote #1

The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor, you always know where to find it Picture Quote #1

I like dark subject matter. I’m not sure what that means about me! Picture Quote #1

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What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling Picture Quote #1

Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist? Picture Quote #1

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters Picture Quote #1

A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions Picture Quote #1

Wash the bones, bring the body, leave the heart behind Picture Quote #1

We’re all entitled to our superstitions Picture Quote #1

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The best fiction stays with you and changes you Picture Quote #1

When you’re in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you’re writing about it Picture Quote #1

In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground Picture Quote #1

Death should be celebrated... when you put something in the ground you always know where it is Picture Quote #1

My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they’re gone we’re left with the concept, but not the true memory Picture Quote #1

In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career Picture Quote #1

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Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don’t think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience Picture Quote #1

A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether you want to or not. It calls you back Picture Quote #1

No matter how grave the secret, how imperative absolute silence, someone would always feel the urge to confess, and an unleashed secret is a terrible force Picture Quote #1

In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year Picture Quote #1

I’ve always written about animals. I’m still trying to process why that is Picture Quote #1

I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young Picture Quote #1

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In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers Picture Quote #1

You never know what’s going to happen in your life, and you never know what’s going to happen in someone else’s life either Picture Quote #1

At the end of the day, it’s about the reader’s attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism Picture Quote #1

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My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they’re gone we’re left with the concept, but not the true memory. (Tea Obreht Quotes) When you’re in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you’re writing about it. (Tea Obreht Quotes) When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother’s hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word ‘goat’ looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed (Tea Obreht Quotes) When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what’s going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Neruda’s poetry. I don’t actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I don’t know why, but it calms me, calms my brain (Tea Obreht Quotes) The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor, you always know where to find it (Tea Obreht Quotes) I like dark subject matter. I’m not sure what that means about me! (Tea Obreht Quotes) What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling (Tea Obreht Quotes) Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist? (Tea Obreht Quotes) I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters (Tea Obreht Quotes) A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions (Tea Obreht Quotes) Wash the bones, bring the body, leave the heart behind (Tea Obreht Quotes) We’re all entitled to our superstitions (Tea Obreht Quotes) The best fiction stays with you and changes you (Tea Obreht Quotes) When you’re in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you’re writing about it (Tea Obreht Quotes) In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground (Tea Obreht Quotes) Death should be celebrated... when you put something in the ground you always know where it is (Tea Obreht Quotes) My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they’re gone we’re left with the concept, but not the true memory (Tea Obreht Quotes) In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career (Tea Obreht Quotes) Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don’t think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience (Tea Obreht Quotes) A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether you want to or not. It calls you back (Tea Obreht Quotes) No matter how grave the secret, how imperative absolute silence, someone would always feel the urge to confess, and an unleashed secret is a terrible force (Tea Obreht Quotes) In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year (Tea Obreht Quotes) I’ve always written about animals. I’m still trying to process why that is (Tea Obreht Quotes) I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young (Tea Obreht Quotes) In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers (Tea Obreht Quotes) You never know what’s going to happen in your life, and you never know what’s going to happen in someone else’s life either (Tea Obreht Quotes) At the end of the day, it’s about the reader’s attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism (Tea Obreht Quotes)