I don't see how you can write well if you're not reading well at the same time. I think the only risk… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Finally, in my early 30s, I started writing fiction for the first time as an adult. That felt so scary, and I… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Over time, it's occurred to me that my protagonists all originate in some aspect of myself that I find myself questioning or… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Thanks to Granna, Werner and Walter had grown up to be highly functioning, productive citizens - but if you were to ask… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters' lives, glimpses of their… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Time plays like an accordion in the way it can stretch out and compress itself in a thousand melodic ways. Months on… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I'm not a believer that you have to write every day. If I felt industrious, I'd spend ten hours a week writing.… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
From fifth grade on, I worked at our public library. The pay, a pittance, was almost superfluous. All through high school, I… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“When it comes to love, there is the timeworn caution that the very qualities you fall hardest for may be those you… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“It's this time of year when Kit mist rise in the dark, as if we're a farmer or a fisherman, someone whose… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“You have not truly met someone until you have looked him or her in the eye as a soul with a place… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Chemotherapy can be a long, tough haul - for me, it went on for six months - and the best doctors and… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Here we are - despite the delays, the confusion, and the shadows en route - at last, or for the moment, where… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I'm a fictional monogamist - I can only work on one thing at a time - but each novel starts growing in… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is a resolutely solitary pastime, and I love being with people, so the public side of being an author is,… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“Before heading back up the road, she had turned for a moment toward the sea. In the late afternoon light, the water… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“The past is like the night: dark but sacred. It's the time when most of us sleep, so we think of the… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
In every novel, I write about something - a place, an experience, an emotion - with which I'm intimately familiar, but it's also crucial… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters' lives, glimpses of their secrets, obstacles… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
A good novel is an out-of-self experience. It lifts you off the ground so that you have the sensation of flying. It says, 'Look… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“Some might have referred to Vince, Buck and Calvin as "ordinary fellows" or "salt of the earth". Such terms are merely code for men… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Call me territorial or narcissistic, but I avoid novels about people who share my vocation. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“On Thursday, the sandwiches Greenie made were pork tenderloins with chipotle mustard, the soup a puree of beets and pears with Beaujolais wine and… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Most inexperienced cooks believe, mistakenly, that a fine cake is less challenging to produce than a fine souffle or mousse. I know, however, that… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation, and the… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“None of this Mad Mario showmanship- orange clogs and Bermuda shorts fit for Babar, sweetbreads garnished with squash blossoms stuffed with cheese from the… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
