American - Author | December 2, 1948 -
I know that sometimes it happens that a novelist is embarrassed about their early works. For me, it's the opposite: I believe 'Durable Goods' is the best thing I've written.
Elizabeth Berg
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I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents are.
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With 'Durable Goods,' I meant only to write about being an army brat. What emerged was a story about compassion - the need for it, the expression of it.
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I don't really like questions about the writing process, because the truth is I don't know how I write.
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If I could visit dead authors, I'd head right over to E. B. White, though I'm so in awe of him I'd probably just sit at his feet and weep. He's the master of clarity, of understated humor, of palatable political conviction.
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I loved the 'Three Stooges.' I still do - nyuk, nyuk.
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I think writers are born, not made.
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I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy.
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I think conflict is one of the things that makes for a good story.
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My mother and her five sisters have always been living examples of the great love that can exist among sisters - and in a large family.
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In this wide world, I don't think that there's just one person for any of us. I think we look until we find one that feels right, and oftentimes, it works out just fine.
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I hope to show the great worth of women. So far as I'm concerned, we're still underappreciated.
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