I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb. Amy Bloom dumbfindreader Change image and share on social
People tend to forget that in our country, we'd pretty much all be immigrants, except for the Native Americans. Amy Bloom americancountryforget Change image and share on social
Bad people doing bad things is not interesting. What I find interesting is good people doing bad things. Amy Bloom badfindgood Change image and share on social
I do have a sister. I have never written much about sisters before. I am very close to my sister, but, maybe, because we are very close, it never occurred to me to write about her. Amy Bloom closeoccursister Change image and share on social
I do my business in the morning, and then at 2 P.M., I write fiction for the rest of the day. I like my husband, so I don't work at weekends. Amy Bloom businessdayfiction Change image and share on social
I was the kind of reader in smudged pink harlequin glasses sitting on the cool, dusty floor of the Arrandale public library, standing at the edge of the playground, having broken a tooth in dodge ball, and lying under my covers with a flashlight. Amy Bloom arrandaleballbreak share on social
The truth is I never think of any subject as taboo. Amy Bloom subjecttabootruth Change image and share on social
My grandmother tended to divide life into 'nice' and 'not so nice.' Life in America, her apartment, her grandchildren: 'nice'; life before 1915: 'not so nice.' That's all I heard. Amy Bloom americaapartmentdivide Change image and share on social
I find the 1940s very compelling. It is a very excitable period in the U.S. when, whether out of necessity or not, everybody was reinventing themselves. Amy Bloom 1940scompelexcitable Change image and share on social
My writing process, such as it is, consists of a lot of noodling, procrastinating, dawdling, and avoiding. Amy Bloom avoidconsistdawdle Change image and share on social
