“Writers' trousers are famously unpredictable in many ways, but I haven't met another author whose trousers simply disintegrated en route to a reading. There I was, young and nervous and not wearing a frock due to poor body image issues,… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes. — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Remember you love writing. It wouldn't be worth it if you didn't. If the love fades, do what you need to and get it… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I end up discussing the weather when the weather is all around us and both I and whoever the stranger might be must surely… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I can't help it either, the laughing: solemn gatherings, slow ballads, pompous orations, any person or occasion that assumes I'll offer my unreserved respect:… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Perhaps i am a masochist. No. Not Possible. If I were basically a masochist then most of my life would have been just nothing… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The right wrist, because I'm right-handed - so that must be the one that's done most wrong. Although, now that I think, my sins… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Writers' trousers are famously unpredictable in many ways, but I haven't met another author whose trousers simply disintegrated en route to a reading. There… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“If ever the difficulties of your life seem overwhelming, consider the prospect of being eaten alive by savage penguins and rejoice that such horrors… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A good roast of sun, it slows you, lets you relax–and out here if there's anything wrong, you can see it coming with bags… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Have more humility. Remember you don't know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We are not all connected. We are bags of skin. We are all separate bags of thinking skin. — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Remember you love writing. It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t. If the love fades, do what you need to and get it… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
