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Maria Semple
American
1964
Novelist
Ruthless concern with story is what I learned in television.
Maria Semple
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Story
Learned
Television
My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television.
Maria Semple
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Strength
Tv
Writer
An artist must create. If she doesn't, she will become a menace to society.
Maria Semple
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Society
Will
Must
My first novel didn't sell well. It was really painful and humiliating and shocking to me.
Maria Semple
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Me
Really
First
There's something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator.
Maria Semple
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Truth
About
Something
I think that's the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.
Maria Semple
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Think
I Think
Most
After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That's a big one, the napping on demand!
Maria Semple
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Time
Work
Best
