7 Claire Cameron Quotes for You to Enjoy

Claire Cameron

Canadian Novelist

Born: 1973

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Related authors: David Bergen Joy Fielding Margaret Atwood Mordecai Richler Rachel Cusk Robertson Davies Ruth Ozeki

I would get a lot of writing done if I lived in isolation in a cave under a swamp. Claire Cameron

Writing Isolation Would Cave Lot Get Done Swamp Lived

What sets 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' apart is Riggs's use of 'found' photographs as a spark of inspiration for the narrative. 'Found' describes art created from common objects that are not normally considered art. Claire Cameron

Art Home Sets Considered Photographs Objects Inspiration Miss Narrative Normally Common Children Apart Spark Created Use Found Peculiar

I was hiking a five-day loop - alone - in the Rocky Mountains when I rounded the switchback and saw a large body on the trail ahead. It had brown fur with a cinnamon tinge that was draped across dense, humped back muscle. A broad head lifted and I could see the dish-shaped muzzle was catching my scent. I knew bears. This was a grizzly. Claire Cameron

Alone Scent Mountains Back Broad Fur Saw See Brown Bears Could Had Lifted Head Knew Catching Hiking Loop Rocky Rocky Mountains Dense Trail Across Body Large Rounded Muscle

I cried most days working on the first draft. The last scenes were the hardest. I had a feeling where I wanted to end - the exact note - but I couldn't see how to get there. Sarah Murphy, my editor, asked the right questions to help me. I think of 'The Bear' as a hopeful book. Claire Cameron

Me Book First Feeling Think Cried Right Questions Hopeful Exact See Bear Scenes Had Days Most Editor How Were Questions End Get Where Wanted Note Asked Working Help Sarah Hardest Right Draft Murphy Last

I'll settle for successful during my lifetime because at least I can be conscious of the delusion that it means something. Claire Cameron

Settle Something Lifetime Delusion Because Least Successful Means Conscious

Everything has the potential to be extraordinary, whether an old photograph, a book or a life. If you find it ordinary, you simply need to take a closer look. Claire Cameron

Life You Book Old Extraordinary Everything Photograph Find Potential Take Simply Look Closer Ordinary Whether Need

A lot of people have trouble with their second novel - the dreaded sophomore jinx. I wrote three books in between the two novels, and they just weren't very good. Claire Cameron

Good People Three Trouble Books Dreaded Between Sophomore Wrote Were Lot Very Just In-Between Novel Novels Second Two

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