Author: Donna Tartt

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On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business.

On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business.

- Donna Tartt

Character, to me, is the life's blood of fiction.

Character, to me, is the life's blood of fiction.

- Donna Tartt

Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent.

Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent.

- Donna Tartt

I just finished writing an essay about William Maxwell, an American writer whose work I admire very much.

I just finished writing an essay about William Maxwell, an American writer whose work I admire very much.

- Donna Tartt

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for.

I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for.

- Donna Tartt

I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.

I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.

- Donna Tartt

Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life.

Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life.

- Donna Tartt

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.

- Donna Tartt

But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.

But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.

- Donna Tartt

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