A figure in Los Angeles politics for five decades, my mother nevertheless had had her fill of talking to people by the time she came home at night. Janet Fitch Read Quote
I write all the time, whether I feel like it or not. I never get inspired unless I’m already writing. Janet Fitch Read Quote
I think that Oprah’s on a mission to improve the lives of the average American in various ways. And one of them is to bring literature to people who would normally not be quite as demanding in their reading tastes, to show them writing that can be more than just entertainment. Janet Fitch Read Quote
My thoughts about God are vague and abstract. My connection with the energy of the universe is shaky. Janet Fitch Read Quote
I started writing when I was 21. I was going to become an historian. And then I realized there was more to the world than just the past. I didn’t want to spend my life in the library. Janet Fitch Read Quote
I’ve always been concerned with what happens to children in our society when there’s nobody left to take care of them. Janet Fitch Read Quote
Use description of landscape to help you establish the emotional tone of the scene. Keep notes of how other authors establish mood and foreshadow events by describing the world around the character. Janet Fitch Read Quote
It’s your flaws, not your strengths, that go down in the depths of your books. You’re exposed, like dreaming you’re naked in a public building. Janet Fitch Read Quote
Anytime you work with materials that are deep parts of yourself, you feel revulsion at showing things about yourself that you don’t want people to know. Janet Fitch Read Quote
