Writer Quotes by Chelsea Cain

9 Writer quotes by Chelsea Cain

Chelsea Cain’s reflections on the writer’s role arrive in nine terse lines, echoing her focus on suspense, character, and dark humor. This brief set offers a quick, gripping glimpse into how she sees narrative as a tool for tension.

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I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.

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I often keep my eyes open for bodies. I do. Ever since I was a kid. I think I read too many…

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I was a library rat and a bookworm. I read all the time. I walked to school reading books. I read under…

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You won't make a living writing until you learn to write when you don't want to.

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Of the paperbacks that you see at the airport, I am the most violent woman writer.

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I've written books for awhile, but always on a pretty small scale and always pretty self-indulgent. I chose projects that I thought…

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Worst part of being a writer: having to tell my toddler that I can't play with her because I'm working. Keep in…

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I love to write just about more than anything, but there are times I have to force myself to sit down and…

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Writing tips are like mini skirts. Sometimes they fit perfectly, sometimes they make you cry, and sometimes you can reuse the material…

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“Robbins had opened Gabby up. Her charred skin was peeled back, and her ribs were removed. She was pink inside, like steak that had…

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“But people in masks were always assholes. It was a scientific law. Give someone anonymity and all social niceties break down. The Internet had…

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Every year, I give my dad an advance copy of my latest book. He reads it over the next several nights and says something…

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You know what I hate? I hate people who give me plants. The whole giving someone plants - it's like giving someone a pet.…

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“Her body was spattered with tiny bits of the reverend’s flesh and blood, like someone had combined shrimp and tomato soup and then forgot…

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People read stuff over your shoulder when you're in public, and when you write the kind of stuff I do, and people read it…

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There's something about the Pacific Northwest, the scale of it, and the fact that not so long ago people came here and died getting…

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