It's doubtful that any fiction worth reading has been produced on a computer running Windows Vista. — Lynn Coady Been Copy Share Image
Most don't live inside their heads as a writer does, having conversations with her own ideas. — Lynn Coady Communication Copy Share Image
Do not make the writer stand behind a podium. Anything but. A podium reeks of the lecture hall. A music stand, on… — Lynn Coady Anything Copy Share Image
I guess you could say I'm 'kind' to my past books in the way you might be kind to an old boyfriend… — Lynn Coady Books Copy Share Image
We live in a society that celebrates familial connection above any other kind of relationship. We are shown photos of our great-grandparents… — Lynn Coady Celebrate Copy Share Image
Here it is, 2011, and I feel zero shame when I tell you I would like to marry my smartphone. It is… — Lynn Coady Delight Copy Share Image
As a novelist, you have to pick your battles. You are tired. You have begun to experience the first ominous tinglings of… — Lynn Coady Battles Copy Share Image
You can't really go into TV thinking, 'Maybe I can make a few bucks doing this thing I'm only kind of interested… — Lynn Coady Love Copy Share Image
“She comes to naught, my dear one, she comes to naught, all that there business. What the hell, maybe twice in your… — Lynn Coady Business Copy Share Image
I would just randomly blurt out things like, 'What if a man showed up today and was carrying an umbrella, but it… — Lynn Coady Man Copy Share Image
Anger is one of those emotions that doesn't follow the letter of the law. It speaks before it thinks. It rears up… — Lynn Coady Anger Copy Share Image
The masterstroke of male fraternity, I believed, was the practice of never speaking of anything remotely personal or related to one's emotions.… — Lynn Coady Awkward moment Copy Share Image
“I,” I’ll type. And that will be enough. Then there are the other days, when nothing is enough. The poem grins. It… — Lynn Coady Poetry Copy Share Image
You can catch a scent in the wind - an idea, or a concept - and follow it. You can delve into… — Lynn Coady Books Copy Share Image
Grownups, as a rule, should always be ready to pay for their own meals - or else ready to graciously accept their… — Lynn Coady Accept Copy Share Image
We thought we'd name the magazine for the number of bridges within Edmonton's city limits. We thought this number was 18. Much… — Lynn Coady Bridges Copy Share Image
The process of writing a story isn't about fair. It's about getting to the heart of your story, getting to the truth… — Lynn Coady Heart Copy Share Image
Formalized rules of manners were so great because they left no room for basic human haplessness. They allowed us to circumvent our… — Lynn Coady Feelings Copy Share Image
I was always watching the boys and how they interacted. It comes with being a feminist, just somebody who thinks a lot… — Lynn Coady Feminism Copy Share Image
It's a moral absolute: If you are going to make a human being, you have a fundamental responsibility to that person -… — Lynn Coady Character Copy Share Image
There was a time when I thought dudes had friendship all figured out. The focus on eating things in front of giant… — Lynn Coady Focus Copy Share Image
My dad was a real man's man, and so were my brothers, in a small town where hockey is king. It's a… — Lynn Coady Culture Copy Share Image
I still find the idea of a research-heavy or historical novel daunting. That's something I've had in mind for a while: like,… — Lynn Coady Books Copy Share Image
Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most… — Lynn Coady Books Copy Share Image
Keep a copy of 'Islands in the Stream' by Ernest Hemingway on the left hand side of your desk. Keep Fitzgerald's 'The… — Lynn Coady Copy Copy Share Image
