313 Quotes by Elizabeth Berg

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.

When I write, I operate as a writer and a reader both - I never know what's going to happen.

Life is so fragile, so brief. And we seemingly work so hard at trying to ignore that.

If I could visit dead authors, I'd head right over to E. B. White, though I'm so in awe of him I'd probably just sit at his feet and weep. He's the master of clarity, of understated humor, of palatable political conviction.

I loved the 'Three Stooges.' I still do - nyuk, nyuk.

I think writers are born, not made.

I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy.