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I think one of the things that is essential for happiness in life, or at least for non-sadness, is producing something. I guess that's why I spend so much time and agony writing books. But working on carpentry is sort of like all the pleasure with none of the agony.
— Ethan Canin
Tags: think, time, happiness, life

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A novel, at least for me, cannot be visualized at one time.
— Ethan Canin
Tags: least, cannot, time, me
You have to look at the value of different kinds of words. Adjectives weaken, and adverbs come even farther down the line. Verbs are strong; verbs and nouns.
— Ethan Canin
Tags: value, look, words, you
If you're concentrating so damn hard on a piece of mathematics or a musical - a piece of music or a piece of art, the restraint that holds the rest of - the rest of the world back off and vanishes in the rest of your life.
— Ethan Canin
Tags: you, music, art, life
Doubt is the enemy of mania. It's trying to get aloft strung with weights. The moment I like writing is three sentences in, when somehow those weights drop away, and you can invent. I cannot tell you the dread I have.
— Ethan Canin
Tags: like, enemy, moment, you
Bausch is a wonderful storyteller. He's a mature writer who has a lot of confidence in the quality of character. He doesn't need to hook you with a sneaky plot and zany characters.
— Ethan Canin
Tags: quality, character, you, confidence
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