I'm no atheist - I'm lazy. I really do like hassle-free Sunday mornings. I have a problem with organized religion, so I've… — Lynn Coady Atheist Copy Share Image
We thought we'd name the magazine for the number of bridges within Edmonton's city limits. We thought this number was 18. Much… — Lynn Coady Bridges Copy Share Image
The creative process taps into our deepest subconscious, and we are each of us sex-crazed - products of a shame-based Judeo-Christian culture… — Lynn Coady Creative process Copy Share Image
This is not necessarily the answer people want, but ultimately, I think writing is an amoral process. Your ultimate responsibility is to… — Lynn Coady Process Copy Share Image
I decided a long time ago to be myself and not worry too much about cultivating some kind of personality that didn't… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
It's a moral absolute: If you are going to make a human being, you have a fundamental responsibility to that person -… — Lynn Coady Character Copy Share Image
It's kind of sad, the way we've turned the entertainment of reading into a kind of psychic broccoli - something to feel… — Lynn Coady Children Copy Share Image
I even felt like I liked guys better than women - that men were relevant and women weren't. It took me a… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I still find the idea of a research-heavy or historical novel daunting. That's something I've had in mind for a while: like,… — Lynn Coady Books Copy Share Image
When a man tells a woman there is no chance of a formal, committed, long-term relationship, the only self-respecting response is to… — Lynn Coady Chance Copy Share Image
We like long-form narrative journalism, and we feel there aren't enough high-profile outlets in Canada running the kind of stories we want… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I'm trying to get at something a little transcendent between humans. But at the same time, there's all that baggage: What's beautiful… — Lynn Coady Beautiful Copy Share Image
The process of writing a story isn't about fair. It's about getting to the heart of your story, getting to the truth… — Lynn Coady Heart Copy Share Image
Formalized rules of manners were so great because they left no room for basic human haplessness. They allowed us to circumvent our… — Lynn Coady Feelings Copy Share Image
A dominant misconception among believers is that their atheist brethren are a slavering pack of hell-bound debauchees, gleefully wining and wenching their… — Lynn Coady Atheist Copy Share Image
Never use dogs to symbolize anything. That is ridiculous. Always ensure that any dogs are just dogs; i.e., characters in the story… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
There are people out there who genuinely love literature, who genuinely love to read and read widely, who will never like, or… — Lynn Coady Books Copy Share Image
One does not become an atheist out of a desire for hassle-free Sunday mornings. People come to atheism because they have a… — Lynn Coady Atheism Copy Share Image
Sometimes I pine for the era of Miss Manners, when there were hard and fast rules dictating a well-bred individual's behaviour in… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
True adulthood occurs the moment we grasp that the people who raised us do not exist solely for our comfort and reassurance.… — Lynn Coady Adulthood Copy Share Image
Something I've always written about is social expectations: that the eyes of the community are on you all the time, expecting you… — Lynn Coady Community Copy Share Image
When revising, consider whether you have written anything that will hurt or offend a member of your immediate family. If the answer… — Lynn Coady Family Copy Share Image
Readers who claim a preference for short-form over long often tell me it's because they don't have time to commit to a… — Lynn Coady Books Copy Share Image
