Author: Maria Semple

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My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television.

My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television.

- Maria Semple

In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the plot forward.

In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the plot forward.

- Maria Semple

An artist must create. If she doesn't, she will become a menace to society.

An artist must create. If she doesn't, she will become a menace to society.

- Maria Semple

I think because I try to keep things as real as I can, or I try to start from a place of reality, I almost don't have the imagination to write a book that's not set where I am.

I think because I try to keep things as real as I can, or I try to start from a place of reality, I almost don't have the imagination to write a book that's not set where I am.

- Maria Semple

In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There's so much more freedom in fiction writing.

In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There's so much more freedom in fiction writing.

- Maria Semple

We need to preserve our neighborhoods, our small business, our local economy.

We need to preserve our neighborhoods, our small business, our local economy.

- Maria Semple

I think a novel has to be about where you are at a given moment in time. I think it really needs to represent some specific pain you're going through. it's not just a story.

I think a novel has to be about where you are at a given moment in time. I think it really needs to represent some specific pain you're going through. it's not just a story.

- Maria Semple

Creating art is painful. It takes time, practice, and the courage to stand alone.

Creating art is painful. It takes time, practice, and the courage to stand alone.

- Maria Semple

There's a happiness that comes from writing that I won't live without.

There's a happiness that comes from writing that I won't live without.

- Maria Semple

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