167 Quotes by Megan Abbott

The speed of the TV stuff vs. the self-imposed pace of novel writing has been a big adjustment, and going back and forth often feels like whiplash.

I'm always fascinated by how different writers' rooms work.

I never quite know how to fill that anxious, semi-wasted time before a midday flight home.

There's this notion of women's bodies being out of control - so out of control that men don't understand it at all.

I come from a family of readers. Our house smelled of book.

True crime has long been a passion for me, but I'm also a sucker for biographies, particularly of politicians, writers, or Hollywood icons.

I'm ashamed how little science fiction I've read.

I am an insomniac. I wake up at 6 or 6:30 and get out of bed immediately. The coffee starts right away. Then I get to the computer as quickly as possible. I like to start writing when I'm still half-asleep, in a state between dreaming and waking.

Before I write, I like to read obits in 'The Times' because they're well written, and I like the little details. It gets the energy going in the morning. I really like the obits of old Hollywood actors and actresses.