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Facts about Jean M. Auel

Occup.Writer
FromUSA
BornFebruary 18, 1936
Age88 years

Summary

Jean M. Auel is a famous Writer from USA, he/she is 88 years old and still alive, born February 18, 1936.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 25 quotes who is written / told by Jean.

25 Famous quotes by Jean M. Auel

Small: I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that is still true
"I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that is still true"
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Small: Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write
"Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write"
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Small: I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know
"I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know"
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Small: I cant tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I dont know what my inf
"I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are"
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Small: Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction
"Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology and archaeology - rather than astronomy or physics"
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Small: I had an idea for a story about a young woman who was living with people who were different, not just s
"I had an idea for a story about a young woman who was living with people who were different, not just superficially different - such as hair colour, or eye colour, or skin colour - but different in some significant way"
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Small: Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy
"Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy"
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Small: It took some time to gather the research and develop it into the storyline, and to finally finish an or
"It took some time to gather the research and develop it into the storyline, and to finally finish an origin myth poem that I had been working on for twenty years"
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Small: I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I
"I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I'm not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books"
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Small: I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background Ive really studied it
"I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really studied it"
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Small: And thats how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapte
"And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and I start reading. And as I'm reading, I'm tweaking - putting in a different word, changing the syntax, putting that clause over there, you know that sort of thing"
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Small: From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has alway
"From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me"
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Small: From the beginning, the series has been story driven - I began with a story idea - but research feeds i
"From the beginning, the series has been story driven - I began with a story idea - but research feeds it"
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Small: Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive
"Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive"
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Small: The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story
"The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story"
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Small: No, my publisher has always done the marketing
"No, my publisher has always done the marketing"
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Small: I think of my books as mainstream and thats were most people who read them look for them in book stores
"I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores"
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Small: My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, smal
"My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material"
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Small: Life sometimes gets in the way of writing
"Life sometimes gets in the way of writing"
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Small: I really fell in love with Africa
"I really fell in love with Africa"
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Small: I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definitio
"I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part"
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Small: I dont write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so
"I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them"
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Small: I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to r
"I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it"
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Small: Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the rea
"Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around"
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Small: Im just writing a story that I want to read
"I'm just writing a story that I want to read"
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