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Annie Proulx
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 22
Author
Journalist
Librettist
Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Norwich
Connecticut
E. Annie Proulx
E.A. Proulx
Edna Annie Proulx
Edna Ann Proulx
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If life was an arc of light that began in darkness, ended in darkness, the first part of his life had happened in ordinary glare. Here it was as though he had found a polarized lens that deepened and intensified all seen through it.
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Change itself is what fascinates me. I am drawn, as a moth to the flame, by edge situations, by situations of metamorphosis.
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Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.
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All the travelin I ever done is going around the coffeepot looking for the handle.
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If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.
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You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.
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It takes a year, nephew... a full turn of the calendar, to get over losing someone.
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If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind, and if a drowned man can awaken, then I believe a broken man can heal.
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What we fear we often rage against.
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Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading.
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I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.
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There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.
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I would rather be dead than not read
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You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.
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I am influenced by words and the chewiness of language
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It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, worldview and thoughts.
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I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.
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We're all strange inside. We learn how to disguise our differences as we grow up.
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If you can't fix it, you have to stand it.
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Anyway, there's something wrong with everybody and it's up to you to know what you can handle.
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