I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I'm reviewing a book or doing research. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes book love read
If you're going to spend two or three years immersed in a subject, you better be deeply interested in it, or it won't be interesting to the reader. Beth Gutcheon deeplyimmerseinterest Change image and share on social
I love smart commercial fiction. Susan Isaacs, for example and the readers who interest me are, in the preponderance, women. I am one of them; I like the books they like. Beth Gutcheon bookcommercialfiction Change image and share on social
I've found in the past that the more closely I identify with the heroine, the less completely she emerges as a person. So from the first novel I've been learning techniques to distance myself from the characters so that they are not me and I don't try to protect them in ways that aren't good for the story. Beth Gutcheon charactercloselycompletely share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love. Siobhan Fahey campgayhumour Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social