“You have to create the space for the possibility of people speaking as they do. If writing is supposed to lead us in any way or educate or suggest other ways of being, it can't do so by simply reflecting what's considered to be realistic.” PeopleIfsWayWritingSpacePossibilityRealisticEducateReflecting Author:Lynne Tillman
“I do think we think repetitively. It's so hard to get certain thoughts out of your head. If you're angry at a friend, you're going to keep going back to that conversation.” IfsThinkingHardCertainConversationAngryKeep Going Author:Lynne Tillman
“When something in a sequence is edited, if you repeat an image, but in a different place, the effect is different. Because the brain is remembering, and the different juxtaposition triggers other memories, thoughts, ideas, and so on.” IfsIdeasDifferentRememberMemoriesBrainEffectsRepeatsSequenceTriggersDifferent PlaceEditedJuxtaposition Author:Lynne Tillman
“I think it's very hard to reconcile oneself to the notion that it may not matter what you think if you still want to write.” IfsThinkingWantWritingMayStillsMatterHardNotionOneselfReconcile Author:Lynne Tillman
“Any writer knows that what's left out is as essential, if not more so, than what's there. Unlearning works that way.” IfsKnowsWayLeftEssentialsLeft Out Author:Lynne Tillman
“You have to create the space for the possibility of people speaking as they do. If writing is supposed to lead us in any way or educate or suggest other ways of being, it can't do so by simply reflecting what's considered to be realistic. I'm not a realist in that way.” PeopleIfsWayWritingSpacePossibilityRealisticEducateReflectingRealist Author:Lynne Tillman
