Because I don’t work with an outline, writing a story is like crossing a stream, now I’m on this rock, now I’m on this rock, now I’m on this rock. — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant people, as a writer I just think about the humorous aspects of these things - that's… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
Clouds are poems, and the most moving poems linger on the blackboard so long, written in cursive so lovely, they also exist inside our… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that. — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
“This is a story, told the way you say stories should be told: Somebody grew up, fell in love, and spent a winter with… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
“This is a story, told the way you say stories should be told: Somebody grew up, fell in love, and spent a winter with… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
Italics provide a wonderful advantage: you see, right away, that the words are in a rush. When something exists at a slant, you can't… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
It's not about having things figured out, or about communicating with other people, trying to make them understand what you understand. It's about a… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
