If the book is finished—published and on the shelf—I do not think of revising it. But if I'm not finished psychologically with characters, they will …

- Antonya Nelson

There are a thousand things to hear about, informationally, daily, but the thing that doesn't go away is the one to pay attention to.

- Antonya Nelson

Birdy never felt artistic inclination when armed with a marking implement. What came to her were words, always words, commentary and criticism and co…

- Antonya Nelson

Writing is a completely private act. It's in a way like play but very serious play, and sometimes I can escape into the fictional world that I'm crea…

- Antonya Nelson

Fiction ought to announce the problems, dramatize the problems, display them. Yet offer no set answer. An answer would solve the mystery. Writing fic…

- Antonya Nelson

You own a dog with the knowledge that it will move through the stages of existence in fast forward, providing you with a lesson about your own life p…

- Antonya Nelson

Melissa Pritchard's prose, that darkly lyrical firmament, is brightened by the dizzy luminous arrangement of her stars and satellites, her great gift…

- Antonya Nelson

Readers will share in the environs of the author and her characters, be taken into the hardship of a pitiless place and emerge on the other side — wi…

- Antonya Nelson

Is not Justice just a nice way to say revenge.

- Antonya Nelson