“Having watched herself in the speckled mirror ... she was already shocked beyond surprise at what the flat hand of age could do.” HandsAgeMirrorsSurpriseFlatsShocked Book:The Love Eaters Source: The Love Eaters
“the first time you are reconciled to the terrible unfairness of disappointment, you are getting old.” FirstsTerribleFirst TimeDisappointmentGetting OldResignationUnfairness Book:The Love Eaters Source: The Love Eaters
“When I'm working on a serious and solid book ... I read about a detective novel a day. It's the best legal dope in the world. It makes you feel good until the next morning you can work again.” WorldFeelsBookNextMorningNovelSeriousFeel GoodDetectivesDopeMake You Feel Good Author:Mary Lee Settle
“[The inspiration that comes to authors of fiction] is not an act of intelligence.” InspirationFiction Author:Mary Lee Settle
“Don't people know that it's the hardest work in the world? Joseph Conrad said that he had loaded hundredweights of coal all day long on a ship in Amsterdam in the wintertime, and that is was nothing to the energy demanded for a day's work writing.” PeopleKnowsWorldWritingLongSaidEnergyHardestShipsCoalLoadedAmsterdamWintertime Author:Mary Lee Settle
“Recorded history is wrong. It’s wrong because the voiceless have no voice in it.” VoiceVoiceless Author:Mary Lee Settle
“Anyone who has a choice and doesn't choose to write is a fool. The work is hard, the perks are few, the pay is terrible, and the product, when it's finally finished, is pure joy.” WritingHardJoyChoicesPayProductsFoolTerriblePureFinishedPerksPure Joy Author:Mary Lee Settle
“Somerset Maugham said that it took at least six human beings to make one fictional character. That is true of landscape as well, I think. We have to make our landscapes, change streets, create new turnings, rebuild or tear down, change time, and even nature, if need be.” IfsThinkingNeedsHumansWellsSaidCharacterHuman BeingsStreetsTearsSixLandscapeFictional Character Author:Mary Lee Settle
