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Barbara is Currently Reading

Barbara is currently reading

Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

by Carrie Courogen (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026, actors, biography, female-author, show-business

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“The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.”
― Richard Price

tags: resonance, writing

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“Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.”
― Richard Russo

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“Grammar is a piano I play by ear.”
― Joan Didion, Joan Didion: Essays & Conversations

tags: grammar

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“Hey,” Pavlicek held on, “what’s the most bullshit word in the English language.” “Closure.” “Give that man a cigar,” Pavlicek said, then hung up.”
― Harry Brandt, The Whites

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“Not giving a shit, she decided, is like the defrost option on a car's heater that miraculously unfogs the windshield, allowing you to see where you're headed.”
― Richard Russo, Empire Falls

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