“In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.” PeopleMeanRealReal LifeFrustratedBossy Author:Jen Lancaster
“I'm finding, as I get older, that I'm not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life - redemption does happen, and it's cool when it does - but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own).” BelieveMeanDoeRealStoriesHappensDesireI BelieveMy OwnFindingsI Believe InBelieverReal LifeRedemption Author:George Saunders
“I've often played very strong, flashy, kind of inadvertently mean women. I am not that way in my real life.” WayKindMeanRealStrongReal LifeVery StrongFlashy Author:Holland Taylor
“At the risk, then, of being shunned by some of my gloomier peers, I venture to tell you that writers work like demons, suffer greatly, and are also happy, in unmistakable ways, some of the time. If we had no knowledge of happiness, our novels wouldn't sufficiently resemble real life. Some of us are even made a little bit happy, on occasion, by the writing process itself. I mean, really, if there wasn't some sort of enjoyment to be derived, would any of us keep doing it?” IfsWayWritingMeanLittlesMadeRealSufferingBitsProcessNovelRiskLittle BitReal LifeOccasionsEnjoymentDemonPeersVentureWriting Process Author:Michael Cunningham