Michael Cunningham

Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is a rather rough translation of the book they'd intended to write.

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These are some quotes by American author Michael Cunningham Writer, who was born on November 6, 1952.

Quotes by Michael Cunningham

As any student of literature knows, the books that last are often not the books that are most popular when they are written. Both 'Moby Dick' and 'The Great Gatsby' were complete failures, critically and commercially, when they first appeared.

Michael Cunningham

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I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

Michael Cunningham

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Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.

Michael Cunningham

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