Quotes by Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt

American author

Lived from: 1963 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 23 december 1963

  • Sometimes you can do all the right things and not succeed. And that's a hard lesson of reality.
  • Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.
  • Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us.
  • The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone.
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  • As much fun as it is to read a book, writing a book is one level deeper than that.
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  • If I'm not working, I'm not happy. That's it. That's the prerequisite for me for happiness.
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  • It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.
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  • Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us.
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  • Sometimes you can do all the right things and not succeed. And that's a hard lesson of reality.
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  • Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.
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  • The books I loved in childhood - the first loves - I’ve read so often that I’ve internalized them in some really essential way: they are more inside me now than out.
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  • The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone.
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What are the most famous quotes from Donna Tartt?

The two most famous quotes from Donna Tartt are:

  • "As much fun as it is to read a book, writing a book is one level deeper than that."
  • "If I'm not working, I'm not happy. That's it. That's the prerequisite for me for happiness."

When did Donna Tartt live?

Donna Tartt was born in 1963.