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David Leavitt

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.

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These are some quotes by American author David Leavitt Novelist, who was born on June 23, 1961.

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Childhood smells of perfume and brownies.

Childhood smells of perfume and brownies.

David Leavitt

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In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can.

In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can.

David Leavitt

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It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.

David Leavitt

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All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.

All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.

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With my early work I got eviscerated by my male professors, and so you learned to disguise your impulses, as many women have done. And that's definitely changed.

With my early work I got eviscerated by my male professors, and so you learned to disguise your impulses, as many women have done. And that's definitely changed.

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What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

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