“She didn't want to be one of those old ladies obsessed with death, hearing it in every tick of the clock and… — Stewart O'Nan Death Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry you don't like coming back here," her mother often said, to cap whatever petty dust-up they'd had. How could Emily… — Stewart O'Nan Aging Copy Share Image
Getting inside your character's head and letting the reader see the world through not just their eyes but their sensibility creates an… — Stewart O'Nan Books Copy Share Image
“ Domine ad adjuvandum me festina , they sang. O Lord, make haste to save me. It was true, they felt that… — Stewart O'Nan Aging Copy Share Image
The sins of the Midwest: flatness, emptiness, a necessary acceptance of the familiar. Where is the romance in being buried alive? In… — Stewart O'Nan Acceptance Copy Share Image
All stories teach us something, and promise us something, whether they're true or invented, legend or fact. — Stewart O'Nan Facts Copy Share Image
“Maybe he was old-fashioned, but to him a couple meant a strong bond, with positive and negative charges constantly arcing between them.” — Stewart O'Nan Love Copy Share Image
“There was a lot about Kim and J.P. he didn't get.... he was confused by their lack of romance. As a father,… — Stewart O'Nan Bond Copy Share Image
“Her address book confirmed it, the pages inhabited equally by the living and the dead....Each name called up raucous dinner parties and… — Stewart O'Nan Books Copy Share Image
If there is an audience out there for me, I want them to be surprised when the next book comes out. — Stewart O'Nan Audience Copy Share Image
The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it… — Stewart O'Nan Always Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not… — Stewart O'Nan Acting Copy Share Image
My main question that I ask of my characters is, 'What does it feel like to be you? And how do you… — Stewart O'Nan Ask Copy Share Image
Saul Bellow once said, 'A writer is a reader who has moved to emulation' — which I think is true. I just… — Stewart O'Nan Books Copy Share Image
