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Maria Semple Quotes

Enjoy the top 158 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Maria Semple.

“Its like a hypnotist put everyone from Seattle into a collective trance. You are getting sleepy, when you wake up you will want to live only in a Craftsman house, the year wont matter to you, all that will matter is that the walls will be thick, the windows tiny, the rooms dark, the ceilings low, and it will be poorly situated on the lot.”
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“You bet your bindi that's how big I want it.”

— Maria Semple

“Just because it's complicated, just because you think you can't ever know everything about another person, it doesn't mean you can't try.”

— Maria Semple

“I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I'm constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline.”

— Maria Semple

“I steer clear of any novel that gets billed as a 'meditation.'”

— Maria Semple

“I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.”

— Maria Semple

“My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television.”

— Maria Semple