Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Starting a Novel or a Marriage

Starting a novel isn't so different from starting a marriage. You are diving into the lives of your characters, knowing that you will fall in love with all of them, knowing (as surely Elizabeth Taylor knew) that in the end the love will finish and turn you out on the street alone.

from "Why Not Put Off Till Tomorrow the Novel You Could Begin Today?" (Ann Patchett)

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