“Of all the virtues, discretion began to seem the most rewarding: it kept people guessing and sometimes, by default, admiring.” — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Knowing and understanding the people we love most is a process that continues well beyond their deaths... and is never complete. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
But things change, of course, and so do the ways in which people see themselves. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
As a writer of fiction, I spend my days inventing real lives for make-believe people; what I create can only seem real. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Call me territorial or narcissistic, but I avoid novels about people who share my vocation. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
When most of us talk to our dogs, we tend to forget that they're not people. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation,… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is a resolutely solitary pastime, and I love being with people, so the public side of being an author is,… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
My own life is wonderful, but if I had to live the life of someone else, I'd gladly choose that of Julia… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
All I meant was that people take their same old lives wherever they go. No place is perfect enough to strip you… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I love to eat, I love to feed people, and I'm a great cook. I joked with my friends that I wanted… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
A good novel is an out-of-self experience. It lifts you off the ground so that you have the sensation of flying. It… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
At its best, fiction cultivates fantasy and compassion; at its worst, memoir provokes schadenfreude and prurience. The ugly truth, I fear, is… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say… — Julia Glass Copy Share
In every novel, I write about something - a place, an experience, an emotion - with which I'm intimately familiar, but it's also crucial… — Julia Glass Copy Share
In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters' lives, glimpses of their secrets, obstacles… — Julia Glass Copy Share
I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing. — Julia Glass Copy Share
A good novel is an out-of-self experience. It lifts you off the ground so that you have the sensation of flying. It says, 'Look… — Julia Glass Copy Share
“Some might have referred to Vince, Buck and Calvin as "ordinary fellows" or "salt of the earth". Such terms are merely code for men… — Julia Glass Copy Share
Call me territorial or narcissistic, but I avoid novels about people who share my vocation. — Julia Glass Copy Share
“On Thursday, the sandwiches Greenie made were pork tenderloins with chipotle mustard, the soup a puree of beets and pears with Beaujolais wine and… — Julia Glass Copy Share
Most inexperienced cooks believe, mistakenly, that a fine cake is less challenging to produce than a fine souffle or mousse. I know, however, that… — Julia Glass Copy Share
I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation, and the… — Julia Glass Copy Share
“None of this Mad Mario showmanship- orange clogs and Bermuda shorts fit for Babar, sweetbreads garnished with squash blossoms stuffed with cheese from the… — Julia Glass Copy Share
“Bet you did not know that in Mexico they call a Palomino an Isabella. Or that George Washington's warhorse was an Arab named Magnolia.… — Julia Glass Copy Share
“Well, yes, there were quite a lot of books throughout, tumbling out of haphazardly placed bookshelves, stacked beneath chairs, beside beds, even in the… — Julia Glass Copy Share
