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Maria Semple

Maria Semple

American Novelist

Born: May 21, 1964

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Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach

Much of the time in the writer's room is spent working on story, and I was always challenging myself to make it more interesting, tighter and more surprising: to come at it sideways in a way that the audience wasn't expecting. Maria Semple

Writing a novel is so hard, and there are so many problems that the last thing you're thinking about is adapting this mess you have on your hands as a movie. You just want to get it to work as a novel. That's your main focus. Maria Semple

I attended TED in 2007 and 2008, the last two years the conference was held in Monterey. Maria Semple

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If you're an artist and you're on Twitter, you are doomed to mediocrity. Maria Semple

You Twitter Mediocrity Artist Doomed

Creating art is painful. It takes time, practice, and the courage to stand alone. Maria Semple

Art Alone Time Courage Practice Takes Creating Stand Painful

When you need a good laugh, do you reach for a book? I don't. I expect books to move me deeply and submerge me in another reality. So when a novel makes me roar with laughter, it's always a delightful surprise. Maria Semple

'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' is an epistolary novel - one told in letters. I had no idea how much fun it would be, puzzling together the plot with letters and documents. Maria Semple

You Together Plot Would Would-Be No Idea Had Idea Puzzling Documents How How Much Go Much Fun Novel Letters

The one constant in my life has been my love of books: reading them, thinking about them, talking about them, holding them, turning people on to new ones. Maria Semple

Life Love People My Life Reading Holding Thinking Books Has-Been Constant About New Talking Been New Ones Them Turning

'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' was surprisingly easy and fun to write because I was feeling such strong emotions. Maria Semple

You Emotions Strong Feeling Easy Write Because Go Surprisingly Fun

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