513 Quotes by Janet Fitch

A cliche is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear imprint.

My father gave me Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' when I was in junior high; my junior high, angst-filled soul responded to that.

A book's flaws make it less predictable.

I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.

Nineteen is as alive as 40-plus. I can vividly remember 19 and how I saw the world.

I wish my life could be like that, knotted up so that even if something broke, the whole thing wouldn't come apart.

My hatred gives me strength.

That was the thing about words, they were clear and specific-chair, eye, stone- but when you talked about feelings, words were too stiff, they were this and not that, they couldn't include all the meanings. In defining, they always left something out.

I have a hard time with abstractions. I always go to the personal.