8 Marisha Pessl Quotes for You to Enjoy

Marisha Pessl

American Writer

Born: Oct 26, 1977

Book Me People Think Writing You

Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward

I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. 'Lolita' is that book for me. Nabokov's love of wordplay, descriptive detail, artfully complex plots, and his themes of obsession and lost love, are inspiring. Marisha Pessl

Good bands you can kind of lose, then come back and realize they're still good. Marisha Pessl

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In America, people of a certain age ask, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' In my house you were more likely to be asked, 'Where were you when you first read 'The Catcher In The Rye?' Marisha Pessl

You Age People First More Catcher Catcher In The Rye House Likely Read Were America Where Ask Asked Shot Certain Certain Age Kennedy

I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily. Marisha Pessl

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Occasionally when I'm procrastinating writing, I'll while away the hours on iTunes. You can just keep going forever and find these bands you'd never normally hear of. Marisha Pessl

You Writing Find Never Hours Occasionally Hear iTunes Normally Forever Bands Going Just While Keep Keep Going Away

When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words. Marisha Pessl

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