David Bergen

An editor is an accomplice, looking in from the outside. That objective view is essential. We don't write in a vacuum, and we don't publish in a vacuum.

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These are some quotes by Canadian author David Bergen Novelist, who was born on January 14, 1957.

Quotes by David Bergen

A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

David Bergen

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At the age of twenty, having published nothing and having had little guidance in my reading, I decided that I wanted to write.

David Bergen

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It took me ten years to write a proper story. I floundered about trying to shape something, counting on the 'feeling' I had as I wrote, only to discover upon rereading my work that the feeling had disappeared, and what remained was an empty shell.

David Bergen

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Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.

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