American - Author | December 2, 1948 -
We're such imperfect beings. I think that's more often the case than not.
Elizabeth Berg
ThinkMoreImperfectThanI Think
In the most self-protective of ways, I don't think about the reader when I'm writing - I just think about the story.
WritingStoryThinkJustMostAbout
As for the notion that everything has already been said, maybe it has, but life is like meatloaf: there are so many different ways to present it.
LifePresentSaidEverythingBeen
You need a place to work that works for you, and you need people to understand that when you are writing, you are doing a rarefied type of brain surgery and therefore should not be subject to a million random interruptions.
WorkPeopleBrainWritingRandom
No, I am not my mother. I am deeply, endlessly grateful for what she did and who she was, but I am a different kind of person.
MotherGratefulI AmPersonKind
If I could say anything to aspiring writers, it's to keep your own counsel, first and foremost.
SayFirstAnythingOwnIf I Could
The process of writing and creating and answering that very unique call inside yourself has nothing to do with agents and sales and all that stuff.
YourselfWritingProcessUniqueCall
My favorite splurge is homemade chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream or a Sausage McMuffin with egg or scalloped potatoes or turkey yanked right off the carcass and dipped in gravy or See's chocolate.
CakeChocolateEggIceIce Cream
The process is different for every book, but there are similarities. I always draw from the inside out. I don't plot them ahead of time, and I'm always surprised by things that happen in my books.
TimeBookProcessAheadInsideOut
Oftentimes, I need to write about something in order to understand it.
UnderstandWriteNeedSomething
Ideas come from life: what happens in mine, what I see happening in others', mixed with a great deal of imagination. I might see a person in a grocery store and build a whole character and life out of what's in her basket.
LifeCharacterGreatImaginationSee
When I write, I operate as a writer and a reader both - I never know what's going to happen.
KnowNeverWriteHappenGoingBoth
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