- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bane Quotes
On the recurring thing that just won't quit.
Writers dominate this set, naming their own particular bane — bad reviews after publication, or the synopsis a publisher demands before a novel even exists. More in the Author quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The desk thing is a problem for me. The ideal one would be vast and perfectly clear. Yet the bane of the biographical existence is paper; if you're 'an artist under oath' you're writing from a mountain of documentation.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have spent a great deal of my time defending my work against those who see it as too complicated, too old in approach, too bleak to qualify as children's literature. This has been the bane of my life.
- Players
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- Nov 07, 2020
Professional tennis has become an extremely physical and unbelievably competitive sport. Injuries are the bane of tennis players, and it goes with the territory.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bane of my existence is the synopses that publishers request for a new novel or series. That's where I'm really producing fiction - my final book never ends up looking like the synopsis.
- Existence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing a fashion designer could be the bane of my existence because I am married to a fashion designer.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020