Carolina Quotes
People were telling stories eons before they ever figured how to write them down. Some novelists derive major inspiration from Gutenberg’s typography itself. Others, like me, still go to the well of tale-told narrative. We believe that human conversation shapes itself toward legend.
Allan Gurganus Carolinian
Source
"Allan Gurganus, The Art of Fiction No. 248," The Paris Review, Issue 236, Spring 2021
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- The Art of Fiction No. 248
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- 2021
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