Friendship Quote by Kathleen Rooney

In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make readable and…

— Kathleen Rooney

“When I first came to the city, a line of people often helped me discover an exciting premiere or a big sale; in 1931,…

— Kathleen Rooney

Fiction is often a much-needed step back that gives you the distance to see things more clearly; it's very often better at explaining why…

— Kathleen Rooney

“But there was no way to know, and no way to go back. I could not revise. I had been who I had been,…

— Kathleen Rooney

“If there are to be rules, they must be articulable and defensible, like etiquette. I do not do anything simply because my family did…

— Kathleen Rooney

“If one were happy, then one might stay in with a book, say, and not go out hunting for fun”

— Kathleen Rooney

“All my life, I have taken satisfaction in finishing things in order that I may experience a sense of achievement, regardless of whether the…

— Kathleen Rooney

“I despise this ad, and the TV on which it plays with those flashing lights. I mourn the conversations murdered by their juvenile intrusions.”

— Kathleen Rooney

If a reader believes that everything in nonfiction or history is just objectively true, I don't really know what to tell them, except that…

— Kathleen Rooney

“I do wear underwear under them. I am a lady, after all; plus I don’t want a yeast infection, and who cares if I…

— Kathleen Rooney

The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel.

— Kathleen Rooney

As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.

— Kathleen Rooney