Endings are never neat, because when life goes on, there is no end. You may want to speculate about what the characters… — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
Just because we think of wolves (or the wilderness, or another race) as wild and fierce, doesn't mean there isn't another side to them. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
I definitely do feel a pull toward people and places that are far from my own life. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
I don't think I could write about someone I didn't feel some sympathy for. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
“He smiled to show he meant no offense, but Scott takes offense like it is going out of style, and bristled.” — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly… — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
...it just goes to show you can't leave anything behind. You bring it all with you, whether you want to or not. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
I love research, and in fact it's liberating because you have to create your own world. No one can say "I've just got back… — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
I suppose the short chapters and differing narrative points of view are quite "cinematic" devices, which came very naturally to me. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
If writers stuck to firsthand experience, novels would be pretty limited. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
Gypsies are, to say the least, underrepresented in literature and film. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
