Carolina Quotes
When we first start writing, we’re writing the great dramas of our childhoods, our young adulthoods. We’re going for intensity. At my age now, I’m more interested in the long haul than the epiphany.
Lee Smith Carolinian
Source
"Southern Storyteller: An Interview with Author Lee Smith," Garden & Gun, August/September 2018
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- Southern Storyteller
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“When we first start writing, we’re writing the great dramas …” Lee Smith. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-CDC53D8C48. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/cdc53d8c48
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