“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'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
“People, no matter the economic class, find ways to feed their narcissism.” PeopleWayMatterClassEconomicNarcissismEconomic Class Author:Lynne Tillman
“A book coming out into the world can be a harsh, harsh time. And your feelings are on the line. Everything that publication is about is really not what your writing is about. Your writing is coming out of something else, and publication and being in the public are something else. And those of us who have published, in whatever way we're published, are very fortunate.” WorldWayWritingBookFeelingsLinesFortunateComing OutHarshPublication 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
