Will Strauss
Will Strauss
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At this stage of discussion ... we prefer not to get in a legal action.
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The Fed is a little bit uncomfortable with that.
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If you're guilty of something, you can focus on that, but if something terrible happens, and you can't imagine how you could have changed it, that's very difficult for the mind. In some ways, it's more difficult not to be at fault because it's a subtler thing.
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In the worst memoirs, you can feel the author justifying himself - forgiving himself - in every paragraph. In the best memoirs, the author is tougher on him- or herself than his or her readers will ever be.
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In order for a narrative to work, the primary character should have a concrete desire - a need that drives her story - and the story's writer should make this goal known to the reader pretty early in the narrative.
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Before 'The Sopranos,' broadcast networks felt like cable was a negligible cohabitant of the airwaves, ... After 'The Sopranos,' they had to wake up and say, 'Here's something we have to contend with.'
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I'm no fan of jam bands. You can take your Gov't Mule, your Phish, your Rusted Root. But Derek Trucks is a special musician - perhaps the greatest slide guitarist who ever lived.
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I have twin six-year-old boys. Have no mojo. The closest thing to a mojo I have is five minutes of peace.
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I had clearly become one. When I talked to a woman, the room went silent. The guys leaned in close to hear what I was saying, pulling out notebooks to write my words down and commit them to memory.
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I guess when you write a personal story, people feel compelled to share their own stories.
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If the memoirist is borrowing narrative techniques from fiction, shouldn't the novelist borrow a few tricks from successful non-fiction?
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I have worked hard trying to counter-act his plans. I am better for the experience, which is the great thing about playing the best side in the world.
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Not to be too 'Tale of Two Cities' about it, but I find writing a memoir easier than writing fiction, and more difficult.
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It's certainly not something we would dismiss automatically.