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Central to the book's appeal is the compelling voice of its main character, Renée Michel, a 54-year-old Paris apartment-building concierge who struggles to hide her self-taught erudition and cultivation from snobby, rich tenants. She disdains their élitist notions of class and social...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Muriel Barbery: An Elegant Quill | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

A master of sprung rhythm, he could pack a half-dozen insights into a 100-word sentence on Chuck Jones and the Warner cartoon crew - "Despite the various positions on humor (Tex Avery is a visual surrealist proving nothing is permanent, McKimson is a show-biz satirist with throw-away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manny Farber: Termite of Genius | 8/26/2008 | See Source »

In school, he said, he was the class clown. "I could never do the plot or the character descriptions. But if I could add to something with a joke, it would work.... If it seems funny to me to make a side remark while I'm discussing a serious subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manny Farber: Termite of Genius | 8/26/2008 | See Source »

What kind of research on vampires, if any, did you do before writing Twilight? -Jen Potcher, BOISE, IDAHOThe only time I really did any research on vampires was when the character Bella did research on vampires. Because I was creating my own world, I didn't want to find out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Stephenie Meyer | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

Are the characters you wrote about based on any real-life people? Did anyone in your life influence the personalities of the characters? -Theresa Kolberg, PhoenixEvery now and then there will be a character that is a combination of people I knew - some of the girls in Bella's high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Stephenie Meyer | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

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