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Donna Tartt Quotes

Donna Tartt quotes

American Novelist, Writer December 23, 1963

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Donna Tartt quote: "She looked up at me, her eyes large with compassion, with..."
She looked up at me, her eyes large with compassion, with understanding of the solitude and incivility of grief. Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt quote: "They understand not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance..."
They understand not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance of tricks with which evil presents itself as good. Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt quote: "In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but..."
In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way. Donna Tartt
When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off a wet leaf after a rain. Donna Tartt
Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have a couple of them, and a couple of old aunties. Donna Tartt
Once, over dinner, Henry was quite startled to learn from me than men had walked on the moon. “No,” he said, putting down his fork. “It’s true,” chorused the rest, who had somehow managed to pick this up along the way. “I don’t believe it.” “I saw it,” said Bunny. “It was on television.” “How did they get there? When did this happen? Donna Tartt
Some things are too terrible to grasp at once. Other things - naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror - are too terrible to really grasp ever at all.It is only later, in solitude, in memory that the realization dawns: when the ashes are cold; when the mourners have departed; when one looks around and finds oneself - quite to one's surprise - in an entirely different world. Donna Tartt
On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business. Donna Tartt
The novel is about five students of classics who are studying with a classics professor, and they take the ideas of the things that they're learning from him a bit too seriously, with terrible consequences. Donna Tartt
Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent. Donna Tartt
There's an expectation these days that novels - like any other consumer product - should be made on a production line, with one dropping from the conveyor belt every couple of years. Donna Tartt
This is the East Coast, boy. I know they're pretty laissez-faire about dress in your neck of the woods, but back here 52. they don't let you run around in your bathing suit all year long. Blacks and blues, that's the ticket, blacks and blue? (Bunny Corcoran to Richard Papen) Donna Tartt
Twelve years after Robin's death, no one knew any more about how he had ended up hanged from a tree in his own yard than they had on the day it happened. Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt quote: "Any action, in the fullness of time, sinks to nothingness."
Any action, in the fullness of time, sinks to nothingness. Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt quote: "It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other..."
It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens. Donna Tartt

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