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Ann Beattie Quotes

Ann Beattie quotes

American Writer September 8, 1947

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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 adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality. Ann Beattie
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 what keeps me going when I'm writing a story. Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie quote: "If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I..."
If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that. Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie quote: "I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that..."
I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair. Ann Beattie
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 chicken dinner at a drive-in. A soft pillow. Things that don't need explaining. Ann Beattie
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 often a novel I admire, but not all of their works. Ann Beattie
I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around. Ann Beattie
You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificating if they tell the story. Ann Beattie
There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect. Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie quote: "I think I write about things that are mysterious to me."
I think I write about things that are mysterious to me. Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie quote: "I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm..."
I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak. Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie quote: "I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now."
I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now. Ann Beattie
Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman. Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie quote: "Clichs so often befall vain people."
Clichs so often befall vain people. Ann Beattie
When I was teaching at Harvard in the 1970s, I went to Project Incorporated in Cambridge and took photography classes. I didn't even know how to aim the camera in those days. Ann Beattie

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