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Rose Tremain quotes

English Novelist August 2, 1943

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And she did not want him to think her quite mad, only a little unique, only containing within her just that measure of the unexpected sufficient to make her irreplaceable. Rose Tremain
I have likened writing a novel to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture - which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along. Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain quote: "I think I'm drawn to writing about something which feels..."
I think I'm drawn to writing about something which feels intense and important. Rose Tremain
We may avoid shame if we choose, for shame seldom takes us unawares but has its warning cry, and we can hear that cry as clearly as we can hear the coming of the north wind... The man lying in the mud hadn't heard the coming of the north wind. Rose Tremain
I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very bland. Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain quote: "In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has..."
In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it. Rose Tremain
How could such a picture be in a national newspaper The model had ridiculous breasts the size of pumpkins and lips fat and wet and all that she was wearing was a spangled G-string. Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain quote: "The world is packed with mistery. We tend to forget this, but..."
The world is packed with mistery. We tend to forget this, but its still packed tight with it, like water in stone. Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain quote: "Inevitably we make a small world in the midst of a big one...."
Inevitably we make a small world in the midst of a big one. For a small world is all we know how to make.’p46 Rose Tremain
Human society is ninety percent muck that won't disperse to the appropriate location that’s why I chose the profession of plumber. Rose Tremain
I'm not very interested in charting a day-to-day familiar reality. I'm always looking for territory in which to explore the BIG subjects, the life-or-death stories. Rose Tremain
When you’re old nobody touches you nobody listens to you—not in this bloody country. so that’s what I do. I touch and I listen. Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain quote: "Felt astonishment at the idea of that much leisure that much..."
Felt astonishment at the idea of that much leisure that much spare cash flying away into bottles and vials. Rose Tremain
Any setting can potentially acquire this vividness. It slowly arrives during the period of research, until it is as immediate to me as my own real surroundings. Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain quote: "The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in..."
The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in that existential panic when you don't have a novel at all. Rose Tremain

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