Marisha Pessl Quotes - Page 4

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• You journalists bulldoze life's mysteries, ignorant of what you're so ruthlessly turning up.

  Marisha Pessl

  Ignorant, Mystery, Journalist

  Marisha Pessl (2013). “Night Film”, p.80, Random House

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• It's funny how the night that changes your life forever starts out like all the others.

  Marisha Pessl

  Night, Forever, Changing Your Life

  Marisha Pessl (2013). “Night Film”, p.149, Random House

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• When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words.

  Marisha Pessl

  Song, Writing, Character

  "Random Rules: Marisha Pessl" by Andy Battaglia, www.avclub.com. November 14, 2006.

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• I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily.

  Marisha Pessl

  Hate, Reading, Book

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• I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating.

  Marisha Pessl

  Writing, Ideas, Havens

  "Off the Page: Marisha Pessl". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 26, 2006.

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• People had an illogical, self-serving rationale when it came to interpreting the behavior of others.

  Marisha Pessl

  Self, People, Behavior

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• It’s got to be some kind of cult. Anyone offers you Kool-Aid or a hot shower, say no.

  Marisha Pessl

  Hot, Kind, Aids

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• I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to cross gender lines and people of all social classes. So for me, writing from a male point of view would be a great challenge, that I would look forward to taking on.

  Marisha Pessl

  Believe, Character, Writing

  "Off the Page: Marisha Pessl". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 26, 2006.

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