Author: Ann Beattie

Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

- Ann Beattie

I've spent my life supporting myself.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

- Ann Beattie

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

- Ann Beattie

It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.

It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.

- Ann Beattie

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.

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

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