Top 16 Quotes by Anita Shreve

About Anita Shreve

These are some quotes by American author Anita Shreve Writer, who was born in 1946.

I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I can make it.

I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I can make it.

Anita Shreve

The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist.

The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist.

Anita Shreve

A novel is a collision of ideas. Three or four threads may be floating around in the writer's consciousness, and at a single moment in time, these ideas collide and produce a novel.

A novel is a collision of ideas. Three or four threads may be floating around in the writer's consciousness, and at a single moment in time, these ideas collide and produce a novel.

Anita Shreve

I have a Facebook page and a website. Beyond that, I'm actually a very private person. I'd rather see the focus on the books than on me.

I have a Facebook page and a website. Beyond that, I'm actually a very private person. I'd rather see the focus on the books than on me.

Anita Shreve

WWI is a romantic war, in all senses of the word. An entire generation of men and women left the comforts of Edwardian life to travel bravely, and sometimes even jauntily, to almost certain death. At the very least, any story or novel about WWI is about innocence shattered in the face of experience.

Anita Shreve

Like many readers, I am continually in search of books that allow me to lose myself in an entirely unique universe.

Like many readers, I am continually in search of books that allow me to lose myself in an entirely unique universe.

Anita Shreve

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