“New York is one of those places people tend to derive a sense of identity from - as if, were to you to remove them from the City, they'd turn limp and colorless.” PeopleIfsTurnsCitiesNew YorkIdentityRemoveColorless Author:Cate Marvin
“It takes a certain kind of mind to narrate, to work through character motivation, to be unforgiving to one's writer-self when it comes down to creating the minutiae of detail. Writing fiction requires stamina, a sense of how people's lives work, how people work toward and against one another and, above all, precision.” PeopleWritingMindKindSelfCharacterMotivationCertainFictionCreatingDetailsPrecisionStaminaWriting FictionUnforgivingMinutiae Author:Cate Marvin
“I have no precise idea of who makes up my readership. I'm surprised when I discover people have read my poems at all.” PeopleIdeasPreciseReadership Author:Cate Marvin