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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

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People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have a powerful imagination. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

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Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

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Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When you're so captivated by something, you think, could I do that? Hmm, let me try. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

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The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

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Well, I think in my first two novels, both the characters are pretty neurotic, which I would say that I am. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

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When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

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You know, the point of a novel - or to me, the point of a novel, the gift of a novel is to go really deeply inside people's lives and inside their personal experiences. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

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I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

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I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

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