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Ann Beattie Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

I think that I’m serious, but I don’t think that I’m inordinately bleak Picture Quote #1

It’s interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant Picture Quote #1

It’s often been said that I’m an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I’ve never known what to make of that Picture Quote #1

The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is that every day we vacillate between examining our hangnails and speculating on cosmic order Picture Quote #1

Clouds are poems, and the most moving poems linger on the blackboard so long, written in cursive so lovely, they also exist inside our fingertips. We never really erase them at the end of the lesson Picture Quote #1

Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic answer about that but in the last few years, for the first time in my life, I really haven’t listened to much music. I used to work with music on and now I don’t Picture Quote #1

I’ve been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes Picture Quote #1

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the reader, and I do hope they’re on target Picture Quote #1

Italics provide a wonderful advantage: you see, right away, that the words are in a rush. When something exists at a slant, you can’t help but consider irony Picture Quote #1

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Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with Picture Quote #1

You put a character out there and you’re in their power. You’re in trouble if they’re in yours Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) I think that I’m serious, but I don’t think that I’m inordinately bleak (Ann Beattie Quotes) It’s interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant (Ann Beattie Quotes) It’s often been said that I’m an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I’ve never known what to make of that (Ann Beattie Quotes) The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style (Ann Beattie Quotes) 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 Quotes) It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is that every day we vacillate between examining our hangnails and speculating on cosmic order (Ann Beattie Quotes) Clouds are poems, and the most moving poems linger on the blackboard so long, written in cursive so lovely, they also exist inside our fingertips. We never really erase them at the end of the lesson (Ann Beattie Quotes) Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic answer about that but in the last few years, for the first time in my life, I really haven’t listened to much music. I used to work with music on and now I don’t (Ann Beattie Quotes) I’ve been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes (Ann Beattie Quotes) I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the reader, and I do hope they’re on target (Ann Beattie Quotes) Italics provide a wonderful advantage: you see, right away, that the words are in a rush. When something exists at a slant, you can’t help but consider irony (Ann Beattie Quotes) Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with (Ann Beattie Quotes) You put a character out there and you’re in their power. You’re in trouble if they’re in yours (Ann Beattie Quotes)

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