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About Walter Kirn
American novelist, literary critic, and essayist
Walter Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. He is known for his fiction and criticism, and for writing the novel Up in the Air, which was later adapted into a film starring George Clooney. Kirn has written eight books in all, and his work spans novels, literary criticism, and essays. He is best known for Up in the Air, the book that brought him the widest recognition and reached an even larger audience through its film version.
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- “I'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever looks shiny and curious to line the nest of my story.”Walter Kirn
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- “Every generation looks at literature through the lens of their own experience, but with the Bible, everyone g…”Walter Kirn
- “At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldl…”Walter Kirn
Writing: more sayings
- “When writers say that they need to 'set the mood' or 'get into the zone', those are all ways to procrastinate…”Gulzar
- “There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.”Pat Conroy
- “There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.”J. K. Rowling
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Books by Walter Kirn
Up in the air
2010
Lost in the meritocracy
2009