Writer Quotes by Joanna Scott

While it can be pleasurable to move speedily through a work of fiction, there's a different sort of pleasure to be had…

— Joanna Scott

When we read about reading, we get to share an experience that is usually kept private. Incisive descriptions of reading help us…

— Joanna Scott

In the ongoing celebration that is literature, we are asked to imagine ourselves as other selves, for better or worse.

— Joanna Scott

The best liars lie with their eyes rather than with their words. This might put writers at a disadvantage.

— Joanna Scott

Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read.

— Joanna Scott

When we really start searching for the truth in stories, we can find it everywhere, not just in sincere confessions but in…

— Joanna Scott

“But I think it's useful to note that at any particular point in our lives our minds are full not just of…

— Joanna Scott

I don't think Donald Barthelme would have minded being called a confusing writer. Confusion was a favorite subject for him in his…

— Joanna Scott

I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can't see what I'm doing. I…

— Joanna Scott

Vladimir Nabokov on 'Bleak House' or Henry James on 'The House of the Seven Gables' prove that reading can be an exciting…

— Joanna Scott

Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too…

— Joanna Scott

Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of…

— Joanna Scott

The past is full of examples of renegade writers who were overlooked in their time not only because their work didn't fit…

— Joanna Scott

The novelist in me is probably hiding behind all the stories I write, looking for ways to connect them and continue the…

— Joanna Scott