Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic answer about that but in the last few years, for the first time in my life, I really haven’t listened to much music. I used to work with music on and now I don’t. Ann Beattie Read Quote
I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there’s often a novel I admire, but not all of their works. Ann Beattie Read Quote
I must say also that it’s never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair. Ann Beattie Read Quote
There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect. Ann Beattie Read Quote
You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificating if they tell the story. Ann Beattie Read Quote
I don’t write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn’t be any adventure. It wouldn’t have any vitality. Ann Beattie Read Quote
It’s often been said that I’m an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I’ve never known what to make of that. Ann Beattie Read Quote
Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with. Ann Beattie Read Quote
