Walks With Men: Fiction
A source page for quotes linked to Ann Beattie.
“the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.”
“Whatever one intends, the work takes on a life of its own.”
“Clichés so often befall vain people.”
“The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.”
“Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.”
“Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it.”
“You put a character out there and you're in their power. You're in trouble if they're in yours.”
“What will happen can't be stopped. Aim for Grace.”
“I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.”
“I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.”
“Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.”
“I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.”
“It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.”