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American Novelist February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993

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There it was, there it is, the place where during the best time of our lives friendship had its home and happiness its headquarters. Wallace Stegner
Ideas, of course, have a place in fiction, and any writer of fiction needs a mind. But ideas are not the best subject matter for fiction. They do not dramatize well. They are, rather, a by-product, something the reader himself is led to formulate after watching the story unfold. The ideas, the generalizations, ought to be implicit in the selection and arrangement of the people and places and actions. They ought to haunt a piece of fiction as a ghost flits past an attic window after dark. Wallace Stegner
It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you want to live by, and it's persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without any. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "He used to tell me, 'Do what you like to do. It'll probably..."
He used to tell me, 'Do what you like to do. It'll probably turn out to be what you do best. Wallace Stegner

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