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I did not set out to write another novel. One day I sat down with the thought of trying my hand at a piece of nonfiction, a personal memoir of youth, but over the next several weeks, without intending it, the work began evolving into what has become 'Tomcat in Love.'
— Tim O'Brien
Tags: youth, day, work, love

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That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.
— Tim O'Brien
Tags: writing, truth, stories, on-fiction, fiction
In fiction workshops, we tend to focus on matters of verisimilitude largely because such issues are so much easier to talk about than the failure of imagination.
— Tim O'Brien
Tags: talk, focus, imagination, failure
Laughter does not deny pain. Laughter - like a wail - acknowledges and replies to pain.
— Tim O'Brien
Tags: does, like, laughter, pain
I know what it is to feel unloved, to want revenge, to make mistakes, to suffer disappointment, yet also to find the courage to go forward in life.
— Tim O'Brien
Tags: disappointment, revenge, courage, life
The people in 'July, July' do find themselves looking backward, talking to others and to themselves about those over-the-cliff, fork-in-the-road moments in their lives. I imagine this is what must happen at a 30th college reunion.
— Tim O'Brien
Tags: college, others, looking, people
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