Stewart O'Nan Quotes

Stewart O'Nan
American Novelist
Born: Feb 4, 1961
Always Book Characters Different Reader World
My main question that I ask of my characters is, 'What does it feel like to be you? And how do you get through the day? Where do you find the hope and faith to endure getting through the days, and what are your days like?' Stewart O'Nan
Hope Faith Day You Characters Find Through Main Feel Days Like Does How Question Get Getting Where Endure Ask Your
Local teenagers killed in a car crash is a suburban legend, a stock plot line. Stewart O'Nan
Car Legend Local Teenagers Plot Line Stock Crash Suburban
The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be. Stewart O'Nan
Service Needs Long Characters Only Always Short Story Ragged Neat
I always squirm when I read what's called 'creative nonfiction,' and the writer is lobbing gobs of emotion and language at the world, hoping some of it will stick. Stewart O'Nan
Creative World Language Will Hoping Some Emotion Writer Read Stick Always Nonfiction
No one writes a great book every time out, or even a good book. Stewart O'Nan
Time Good Great Book Every Every Time Great Book Out Writes No-One Good Book Even
As a fiction writer, my favorite tools are my imagination and the peculiar opportunities offered by different points of view. Stewart O'Nan
Opportunities Imagination Tools Favorite Writer Points Offered Different Fiction Fiction Writer View Peculiar
I'm not sure the risks I take are any different from what other writers take, since we all serve at the pleasure of the reader. Stewart O'Nan
Risks Other Pleasure Take Writers Since Reader Sure Any Different Serve
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