I love all the arts – so museums, theatre, music, walks near trees or by the ocean, time with people, psychological readings. Aimee Bender Read Quote
I write on a very strict 2-hour-a-day schedule, and I really respond to structure and invented rules. So even if I’m finding out good information on a character, I will stop when I’m set to stop. Aimee Bender Read Quote
I have trouble describing my own style, since it’s sort of like describing my own eye color or something. Aimee Bender Read Quote
I find I can write for two lines, and then I have nothing else to say. For me, the only way to find something comes through the sentence level and sticking with the sentences that give a subtle feeling that there’s something more to say. Aimee Bender Read Quote
Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language. Aimee Bender Read Quote
Granted, I’m someone who loves words. I’ve always loved poetry – so it’s suited to me. Aimee Bender Read Quote
I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I’m kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it so maybe it will move somewhere. There’s something about plays where you can feel that sense of artifice at any moment. Aimee Bender Read Quote
I think teaching keeps me honest because if I’m up in front of a class talking about what I think is important about fiction while knowing I myself have just failed to do that hours earlier at my computer – it’s a good and humbling reminder. Aimee Bender Read Quote
For me, even in my first book, the pleasures of writing anything magical is that it has to be physical. It has to be grounded and very much in this world. Then, I get to play with all the consequences of this new thing. Aimee Bender Read Quote
At readings, audience members sometimes ask if I keep writing past the two hours if I’m on a roll, but I don’t. I figure that if I’m on a roll, it’s partially because I know I’m about to stop. Aimee Bender Read Quote
