The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up.
More Quotes from Donna Tartt:
When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off a wet leaf after a rain.Donna Tartt
I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories.
Donna Tartt
I've written only two novels, but they're both long ones, and they each took a decade to write.
Donna Tartt
Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have a couple of them, and a couple of old aunties.
Donna Tartt
People always want to call me a Southern writer but though I grew up in the South, I don't feel that the label quite fits my work.
Donna Tartt
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: embellish, embroiderIf you're a good numbers person, you're a bad language person.
Frank Luntz
Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
I'm very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table.
Norman Cook