Amy Bloom

Keep your mouth shut and see what's happening around you. Don't finish people's sentences for them. Don't just hear what they say, but also how they behave while they're saying it. That was great training for writing.

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These are some quotes by American author Amy Bloom Writer, who was born in 1953.

Quotes by Amy Bloom

Whenever you see shrinks on television, they're so clearly written by patients. They're either idealized or they're demonized or they love their patients. All they ever think about is their patients.

Amy Bloom

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I didn't think being a writer was a fancy thing. It was a job like any other job, except apparently you could do it at home.

Amy Bloom

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As children, we think our mother has always been a mother, but it is just one of the roles you may have the opportunity to play. They don't define you as a human being.

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