26 Quotes by Carolyn See
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If you are in any way squeamish or genteel, skip 'Gillespie and I.' If you'd like to know a little more about the seamy side of the human condition, by all means, pick this one up.
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I hope someday to see California literature become a part of mainstream American literature, and I hope to be part of that process.
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I don't think I'm interested in writing women's novels anymore.
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I'd never heard of Robert Hellenga; I didn't think a book with the name 'Snakewoman of Little Egypt' would hold any appeal for me at all.
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'A Long Way Gone' says something about human nature that we try, most of the time, to ignore.
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I used to worry about exclamation marks, but what the hell. Sometimes I feel some enthusiasm. So I put in an exclamation point. About five years ago, I began to question the whole concept of “improvement.” I think I’m done being “improved.” That’s part of my prose style, and I’m certainly not going to change it now. And I may lose weight or get my wardrobe finally in order, but the chances on all that are low. “I yam what I yam,” as Popeye says.
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A great novelist must open the reader’s heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory – and shame and shabbiness – of what it is to be human.
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Everyone in the world should read this book... We should read it to learn about the world and what it means to be human.
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