22 Quotes by Edith Pearlman

I wrote in the cellar for a number of years. I needed a private space, and it had a furnace, so it was always warm.

I was quite satisfied with my creative life. I've always had reinforcement from a small but devoted readership.

Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobility.

I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity is due to luck, and my literary longevity is due to my physical longevity.

I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be.

I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life.

I think the computer is a hindrance to good writing because it is so tempting to leave what you've written. If you use a typewriter, you must retype if you make a mistake, and thus, you must re-examine every word.

I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.

All the stories I write come from someone I've met or some anecdote I've heard.