I still didn't know I had written it to do this, but then I did. I wish I could show you the roomful of people who've told me the novel is the story … - Alexander Chee

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I still didn't know I had written it to do this, but then I did.
I wish I could show you the roomful of people who've told me the novel is the story of their lives. Each of them as different as could be.
I still don't know if I'd be in that room.

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Alexander Chee (born August 21, 1967) is an American fiction writer, poet, journalist and reviewer.

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For the novelists in your life I have heard it said that it is better if you pretend they do something else and that it is always attended to, and doesn’t need your attention in the slightest. And then when asked for support, muster an enormous enthusiasm.
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And then she leaned back her head with the faintest smile and, tapping her chin, asked, Are you in love with him, this mystery composer? How can I be? I asked in return. I don’t even know him. Almost every opera is about this, she said, her smile growing. Love before first sight.
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