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I don't have the education of an art historian. I've certainly read about art and look at art and have educated myself to some extent. But I'm not a skilled or thorough art historian and I wouldn't call myself an art critic.
Lynne Tillman
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Lynne Tillman
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 1
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The Dutch and the English, former competitors for world dominance, taught me the wisdom of waiting as well as withholding.
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Any writer knows that what's left out is as essential, if not more so, than what's there. Unlearning works that way.
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I think the major device for me is that narrator's voice. I'm always trying to find a different kind of form to tell whatever story it is, and I wish that weren't so, because it drives me crazy.
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I'm trying always to leave out what I think is extraneous. And to find what I think is the most wonderful language to make a beautiful sentence.
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Reading gave me great comfort and pleasure. When I started being able to write, around seven or eight, I wanted to be able to do that myself, to create that other world.
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People are less focused on the story, and more on how the story is told.
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