81 Quotes by Ann Beattie

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

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that.

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

I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.

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.

have been forced to close and have no idea when they may reopen.

Her prose has become known for its vivid particularity, the details of the way we live.

I think a lot of the difference between my newer work and the older work is that I would have tried to imply some of those things before.

That's what I mean; if your writing doesn't transcend the era, then it would really seem to be only of very limited sociological importance.