Serbian - Novelist | September 30, 1985 -
Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
Tea Obreht
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I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!
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I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.
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What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
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When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Neruda's poetry. I don't actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I don't know why, but it calms me, calms my brain.
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You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life either.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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