Wells Tower quotes
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“Much time and money has gone into computer chess programs, and so far, no one's figured out how to crack the game, which I think speaks to chess's complexity.”
-- Wells TowerSource : "Post Magazine: The King of Dupont Circle". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. October 1, 2007.
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“With fiction, there’s no reason why everything you write shouldn’t be amazing. Nobody’s stopping you from making up better stuff.”
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“I dug myself a garden, and a stray cat I grew to like would come around to sulk in the corn. I forced myself to seek new love, and for a while, I thought I'd found it with a girl from my office. She was molten in my bed, but she also suffered depressions that were very dear to her. She would often call just to sigh at me for two hours on the phone, wanting me to applaud her depth of feeling. I cut if off, then missed her, wishing that I'd at least had the sense to take her naked photograph.”
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“I think what people really want is fiction that in some tiny way makes their life more meaningful and makes the world seem like a richer place. The world is awfully short on joy and richness, and I think to some extent it’s the fiction writer’s job to salvage some of that and to give it to us in ways that we can believe in.”
-- Wells TowerSource : "Wells Tower, Fiction Writer, Is Looking for Joy". Interview with Leon Neyfakh, observer.com. March 23, 2009.
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“With fiction, there’s no reason why everything you write shouldn’t be amazing. Nobody’s stopping you from making up better stuff.”
-- Wells TowerSource : "The Tool Box: Wells Tower". www.newyorker.com. April 6, 2009.
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