101 Quotes by Lynn Coady

I just have to trust that the story is going to shake out in such a way that's going to be palatable to readers.

I know what the Giller nominee effect is, but we'll see what the next level is.

I started out in the journalism program, but I got kicked out. I wasn't very good at it. It wasn't where I wanted to be ultimately.

I think, as writers, our first responsibility is to writing an honest story. Tell the story you want to tell, without pulling your punches.

I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller.

I've never understood people who treat their loved ones worse and with less respect than they would a total stranger or minor acquaintance.

In the late sixties, when revolution and upheaval were everywhere, feminists were ridiculed for focusing on housework.

It makes me proud not just to be a Canadian writer but to be a Canadian, to live in a country where we treat our writers like movie stars.

It's doubtful that any fiction worth reading has been produced on a computer running Windows Vista.