“Whatever we know as children, this is the world, eaten whole and without question.” — Debra Dean Childhood Copy Share Image
“What is heartbreaking is that there is still beauty in the world.” — Debra Dean Beauty Copy Share Image
I kept writing short stories and sending out my manuscript, and it kept coming back like a bad penny. It was rejected… — Debra Dean Agents Copy Share Image
That requires quite an imaginative leap because it's hard for me to imagine that my biography would be of much interest to… — Debra Dean Appeals Copy Share Image
“Whatever is eating her brain consumes only the fresher memories, the unripe moments” — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth… — Debra Dean Dramatic Copy Share Image
Whatever one may say about the perils of workshops, they help writers internalize an awareness of audience. — Debra Dean Audience Copy Share Image
Peculiar as I was, and remain, I was trained to be practical. I'm still amazed at the radical temerity of my friends,… — Debra Dean Amazed Copy Share Image
Unless you're Stephen King or Joyce Carol Oates, no one's going to recognize you on the street, and you're promoting your book,… — Debra Dean Book Copy Share Image
I tell my students, if you're interested in marine biology or llama farming, follow that string. Yes, it will probably take you… — Debra Dean Age Copy Share Image
Along the way, I've worked as a waitress, I've done phone surveys, and worked as a receptionist, and for the last twenty… — Debra Dean Actors Copy Share Image
“He nods solemnly and repeats the stock response of the Housing Committee whenever they address the perpetual shortage of apartments in Leningrad.… — Debra Dean Investing Copy Share Image
“Each day, the world is made fresh again, holy, and she takes it in, in all its raw intensity, like a young… — Debra Dean Children Copy Share Image
Practicality continues to be a challenge for me - it's at odds with being an artist. I actually had a career on… — Debra Dean Agents Copy Share Image
“is eating her brain consumes only the fresher memories, the unripe moments. Her distant past is preserved, better than preserved. Moments that… — Debra Dean Time Copy Share Image
“She is leaving him, not all at once, which would be painful enough, but in a wrenching succession of separations. One moment… — Debra Dean Aging Copy Share Image
I worked every waking minute, nights and weekends, in order to make enough money to buy those summers off, and even then… — Debra Dean Car Copy Share Image
Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It's academia's version… — Debra Dean Academia Copy Share Image
“Before you either turn away in disgust or wink knowingly at one another, you should know that the artist insists that this… — Debra Dean Art Copy Share Image
When I left the theatre and turned to writing, one of the big pulls was that, unlike the theatre, I didn't have… — Debra Dean Art Copy Share Image
If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as… — Debra Dean Black Copy Share Image
“Once she had thought that she might discover some key to her mother if only she could get her likeness right, but… — Debra Dean Bond Copy Share Image
I haven't written anything yet that makes me think, This is it! and I don't imagine I ever will. I don't know… — Debra Dean Dreams Copy Share Image
“You're unusual. That's better than popular if you have some courage.” — Debra Dean Courage Copy Share Image
I figured that to be a writer I would need to have been born in the nineteenth century, be British, or have… — Debra Dean Acting Copy Share Image
