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 the idea came first. — 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
I despise this weakness in myself--this endless one-sided conversation that takes the place of action... — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
“He thought of the next Saturday. [...] He thought of the picnic by the dipping pool on the river, where oaks and willows dappled… — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
![“He thought of the next Saturday. [...] He thought of the picnic by the dipping pool on the river, where oaks and willows dappled the sun on water the color of tea; and girls in light summer dresses would sit in pools of pale cotton. And he knew he would not go.” quote by Stef Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9d7/stef-penney-29187_picnic_he-thought-of-the-next-saturday-he-thoug_2565381.jpg)
