Writing Quotes by Wally Lamb

Wally Lamb

Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.

Lying

Thinking

Writing

Wally Lamb

However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences – and I stray pretty far from mine – I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.

Needs

Thinking

Writing

Wally Lamb

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I’m writing.

Character

Firsts

Writing

Wally Lamb

I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.

Opportunity

Thinking

Writing

Wally Lamb

I won’t read novels while writing novels.

Novel

Writing

Wally Lamb

I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first draft.

Mean

Trying

Writing

Wally Lamb

Love stories are probably all Ive ever been able to write or want to write.

Stories

Want

Writing

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Drawing

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Fear

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May

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Needs

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Opportunity

Prayer

Proud

Remember

Repressed

Rich

Rivers

Rocks

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Shoes

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Skulls

Smart

Snakes

Sometimes

Song

Sorry

Stars

Stories

Students

Sweet

Thinking

Too Much

Trying

Two Sides

Understanding

Unhappy

Used

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Want

Wanted

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Writing

Writing Quotes by Wally Lamb

Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.

However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences – and I stray pretty far from mine – I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I’m writing.

I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.

I won’t read novels while writing novels.

I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first draft.

Love stories are probably all Ive ever been able to write or want to write.

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