Fiction is often a much-needed step back that gives you the distance to see things more clearly; it's very often better at explaining why events happened as opposed to just what happened. — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
Not to give too big of a spoiler, but I never find myself thinking, for example, Oh, remember that crazy time I stumbled on that closeted Republican candidate's sex tape? — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make readable and… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
“When I first came to the city, a line of people often helped me discover an exciting premiere or a big sale; in 1931,… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
Fiction is often a much-needed step back that gives you the distance to see things more clearly; it's very often better at explaining why… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
“But there was no way to know, and no way to go back. I could not revise. I had been who I had been,… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
“If there are to be rules, they must be articulable and defensible, like etiquette. I do not do anything simply because my family did… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
“If one were happy, then one might stay in with a book, say, and not go out hunting for fun” — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
“All my life, I have taken satisfaction in finishing things in order that I may experience a sense of achievement, regardless of whether the… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
“I despise this ad, and the TV on which it plays with those flashing lights. I mourn the conversations murdered by their juvenile intrusions.” — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
If a reader believes that everything in nonfiction or history is just objectively true, I don't really know what to tell them, except that… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
“I do wear underwear under them. I am a lady, after all; plus I don’t want a yeast infection, and who cares if I… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel. — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics. — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
