52 Quotes by T. C. Boyle


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    It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.

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    I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.

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    Every story is organic, and every story finds its own ending.

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    I've always written about heroes and wondered who they are.

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    I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.

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    I am mad for nature writing. I want to get inside the head of every creature in the world, even ants.

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    This is why fiction is an art, and life is not - how much more affecting is the lie than the truth.

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    Science has killed religion. There's no hope for the future with seven billion of us on the planet, and the only thing you can do is to laugh in the face of it all.

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