“Reality disappoints regularly. When people are supposed to have fun, it’s likely they won’t, because fun can’t live up to its image. Does anything live up to its image?” RealityFunExpectationsDisappointment Book:Men and Apparitions Source: Men and Apparitions
“I'm interested in reality but I'm not interested in realism at all. I'm interested in the ways that I think people want to relate.” PeopleThinkingWayWantRealityRelateNot InterestedRealism Author:Lynne Tillman
“[Reality] isn't simply the so-called world that you're in. Your reality is a much larger one that takes in all matter of identification and desires and hopes.” WorldMatterRealityDesireIdentification Author:Lynne Tillman
“I'm interested in reality but I'm not interested in realism at all.” RealityNot InterestedRealism Author:Lynne Tillman
“Nothing is a matter of age. It's really in the person because you can publish book after book after book and still want that golden apple. And maybe it's the reality principle that has hit me. I believe that a career is very different from writing. My career is a certain kind of career.” WritingBelieveKindBookDifferentRealityAgeI BelievePublish Author:Lynne Tillman
“I think about material that could work in the novel or story as I'm writing. I see if I can get there through what's happening with the character. But it's by inclination. It's not "At this moment this will happen." Usually with my characters you can't tell what has induced them to do anything. That's because, from my understanding of reality - which is always subjective - everything is overdetermined.” ThinkingWritingMomentsCharacterRealityUnderstandingNovel Author:Lynne Tillman
