“Sometimes people want to know how to write a story from the point of view of a murderer and make her sympathetic. I think the answer is that you start by having her look for her car keys, because everybody knows what it's like.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantWritingLooksSometimesStoriesAnswersViewsKnow HowCarKeysPoint Of ViewMurdererSympatheticCar Keys Author:Alice Mattison
“There seems to be a tremendous desire among many people now to know authors and how they work, to know what's autobiographical and what isn't.” PeopleKnowsSeemsDesire Author:Alice Mattison
“I'm very secretive. I'll write a whole novel and revise it, which might take me two years or more, and the people I know best don't know what I'm writing about.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsTwoWholeMightNovelTwo YearsTake MeSecretive Author:Alice Mattison
“Whoever would write books? It's suffering as well as greatly satisfying. And certainly there's suffering in the sense that you don't know for a long time how to do it.” KnowsWritingWellsLongBookSufferingLong TimeSatisfying Author:Alice Mattison
“I think people feel for a long time that they ought to know how to write a novel in two drafts.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingLongTwoNovelKnow HowOughtLong Time Author:Alice Mattison