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Author: Maria Semple
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Maria Semple
And dialogue, I'm good at it, and it's because it's the only thing you have to work with in TV writing.
And dialogue, I'm good at it, and it's because it's the only thing you have to work with in TV writing.
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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.
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Maria Semple
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.
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Maria Semple
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