Author: Rebecca Makkai

Quotes

We're all going about trying to make beauty in the world and trying to make order out of chaos. And that's what art is.

We're all going about trying to make beauty in the world and trying to make order out of chaos. And that's what art is.

- Rebecca Makkai

There's a great social component to being a writer, to being an artist.

There's a great social component to being a writer, to being an artist.

- Rebecca Makkai

Sometimes I wish I could go back through time to meet Proust, just so I could give him my asthma inhaler. The poor guy.

Sometimes I wish I could go back through time to meet Proust, just so I could give him my asthma inhaler. The poor guy.

- Rebecca Makkai

Despite its challenges, the novel offers an opportunity to live in one story for years of your imaginative life. There's a tremendous richness to that.

Despite its challenges, the novel offers an opportunity to live in one story for years of your imaginative life. There's a tremendous richness to that.

- Rebecca Makkai

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