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> [Inevitably we start by thinking that if our work is any good, we'll get money. It's as we would if you started up a business or if you work in another profession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/inevitably-we-start-by-thinking-that-if-our-work-is-any-good-we-ll/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

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## More by Alice Mattison

> [Sometimes indirect style and varying chronology is great, but quite often I've seen it be just something that gets in the way. It turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/sometimes-indirect-style-and-varying-chronology-is-great-but-quite/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [Every once in a while someone says, 'You can't really learn anything, if you're really a writer then you wouldn't need to do it.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/every-once-in-a-while-someone-says-you-can-t-really-learn-anything-if/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [Whoever would write books? It's suffering as well as greatly satisfying. And certainly there's suffering in the sense that you don't know for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/whoever-would-write-books-it-s-suffering-as-well-as-greatly/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [I get to a certain point, and I think in a novel it's about the third draft, when I want other eyes on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/i-get-to-a-certain-point-and-i-think-in-a-novel-it-s-about-the-third/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [It's hard to say which of us is luckier, the ones who go through long periods when they can't write or the ones who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/it-s-hard-to-say-which-of-us-is-luckier-the-ones-who-go-through-long/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [“When a man I like touches my arm or my hair, I want to know if he'll touch the center of me, and whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/when-a-man-i-like-touches-my-arm-or-my-hair-i-want-to-know-if-he-ll/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [I heard a white writer say, 'Oh, I'd never put black people in my writing, I'm afraid I would offend someone by doing it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/i-heard-a-white-writer-say-oh-i-d-never-put-black-people-in-my/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [When I've taught writing to five, six, and seven year olds, it's not very different than talking to an adult writer. They're writers then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/when-i-ve-taught-writing-to-five-six-and-seven-year-olds-it-s-not/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [I find that I get very excited about what my students are up to and that I get to be the hurdle they need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/i-find-that-i-get-very-excited-about-what-my-students-are-up-to-and/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [I love to read nonfiction and memoir, but I'm mostly interested in the piece of writing more than the person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/i-love-to-read-nonfiction-and-memoir-but-i-m-mostly-interested-in-the/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [I think that inevitably, the trouble our characters go through is a kind of metaphor for what's happening in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/i-think-that-inevitably-the-trouble-our-characters-go-through-is-a/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [When an editor first explained to me the difference between direct and indirect writing, I just thought it was a stylistic choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/when-an-editor-first-explained-to-me-the-difference-between-direct/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [Writers sometimes are paid a great deal of money, but much more frequently they're not paid or are paid only a little bit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/writers-sometimes-are-paid-a-great-deal-of-money-but-much-more/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [We're always inventing, even if we're making someone who's fairly close to ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/we-re-always-inventing-even-if-we-re-making-someone-who-s-fairly/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

> [I just like doing it, I like writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mattison/i-just-like-doing-it-i-like-writing/)

[Alice Mattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mattison/)

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