Ann Beattie

Clichés so often befall vain people. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#vain #vanity #men

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

#common #happy #little #lumped #minimalism

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#blond #blond hair #disadvantage #hair #i

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

#adventure #answers #any #close #home

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

#being #certain #confusions #disappointments #feel

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

#admire #again #alice #ask #i

I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#even #i #name #now #people

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

#always #around #atmosphere #characters #gets

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#i #i think #i write #me #mysterious

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#cynical #depressing #extremely #i #known