“Because I'm a novelist, I think in terms of structure. The way I keep going is through structure. It's what inspires me and pushes me through.” ThinkingWayTermInspireStructureNovelistsKeep Going Author:Jess Walter
“If you come from money and you become an addict, you go to the Betty Ford Clinic, you get treatment. If you're living on the street and you're an addict, it's much harder to find your way out.” IfsWayStreetsHarderTreatmentAddictLiving OnClinic Author:Jess Walter
“It's once I discover the people inside that the story really gets going, and then the formal invention becomes less important. It's just the way in; it's the door; and then what's behind it is always some kind of people, which I think probably makes me more in the tradition of realistic fiction because that's usually what I'm interested in, the people.” PeopleThinkingWayKindImportantStoriesBehindsFictionDoorsTraditionInventionRealisticFormalRealistic Fiction Author:Jess Walter
“I think so, too. I know I felt that way. For years. It was as if I was a character in a movie and the real action was about to start at any minute. But I think some people wait forever, and only at the end of their lives do they realize that their life has happened while they were waiting for it to start.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayLifeYearsRealEndsCharacterActionFeltWaitingRealizingForeverHappenedMinutes Book:Beautiful Ruins Source: Beautiful Ruins
