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Whereas fiction is a continual discovery of what one wants to say, what one feels, what one means, and is, in that sense

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"Whereas fiction is a continual discovery of what one wants to say, what one feels, what one means, and is, in that sense, a performance art, biography requires different skills - research and organization"

- Edmund White

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This quote is written / told by Edmund White somewhere between January 13, 1940 and today. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA. The author also have 10 other quotes.

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