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Peter Straub
Peter Straub
American Writer
Born: Mar 2, 1943
Better Books First Rose Work You
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I write longer sentences than most of the others, maybe because I probably like Henry James more than they do. Peter Straub
Others More Write Longer Like Most Because Than Maybe James Sentences Henry Henry James
My first real breakthrough collided with the last months of Callaghan's Labour government, which had every intention of enjoying my success as much as I did. Peter Straub
Success Government First Every Months Had Real Labour Labour Government Did Intention Which Breakthrough Much Enjoying Last
However, I think I managed to reach a new level with Koko, and I will always be grateful for the experience. Peter Straub
Grateful Experience Will Be Grateful Think New Reach Always New Level However Level
Many fiction writers eventually want to feel that their work forms a single, unified entity. Peter Straub
Work Single Entity Writers Feel Want Fiction Fiction Writers Forms Unified Many Eventually
Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question. Peter Straub
Events Guess Could Instead Particular Call Narrative Question Questioning Authority Any Representation Interested Apparent
Dick Dart emerged from the ether during a flight from New York with my wife and children to Puerto Rico. Peter Straub
Wife Dart Emerged New York New York Children Ether Rico Flight Puerto Puerto Rico
I had a connoisseur's... appreciation of fear. Peter Straub
Appreciation Fear Had Connoisseur
I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time. Peter Straub
Writing Ambition Instantly Academic Began Fiction Full-Time
I believe I encountered death, which was a bit too much for a seven-year-old. Peter Straub
Death Too Much Believe Too Bit Encountered Which Much
These days, there are a great many books about childhood trauma and its effects, but at the time all the experts agreed that one should forget about it as quickly as possible and pick up where you left off. Peter Straub
Time Great You Books Possible About Pick Days Off Left Up Effects Quickly Forget Childhood Where Experts Should Many Agreed Trauma
Nobody is surprised that women writers accurately represent male characters over and over again, no doubt because everybody knows that women understand men much better than vice-versa. Peter Straub
Women Better Men Doubt Everybody Characters No Doubt Writers Nobody Over Knows Because Understand Surprised Male Women Writers Than Accurately Represent Again Much
I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through. Peter Straub
Me Trust Fate See Through Generally Instinct Blind Wade

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