I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.
I've spent my life supporting myself. - Ann Beattie
I've spent my life supporting myself.
- Ann Beattie
Whatever one intends, the work takes on a life of its own. - Ann Beattie
Whatever one intends, the work takes on a life of its own.
Clichés so often befall vain people. - Ann Beattie
Clichés so often befall vain people.
What will happen can't be stopped. Aim for Grace. - Ann Beattie
What will happen can't be stopped. Aim for Grace.
I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other… - Ann Beattie
I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other…
It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is that every day we vacillate between examining our ha… - Ann Beattie
It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is that every day we vacillate between examining our ha…
It's not about having things figured out, or about communicating with other people, trying to make them understand what you understand. It's about a … - Ann Beattie
It's not about having things figured out, or about communicating with other people, trying to make them understand what you understand. It's about a …
the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children. - Ann Beattie
the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.
Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it. - Ann Beattie
Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it.
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