I like to play with words and the sounds of words - that's extremely important to me. Bobbie Ann Mason extremelyimportantplay Change image and share on social
Rock and roll is about desire, about wanting something better. I think my characters all want something better. My understanding of the rock and roll dream is that a kid in an isolated place or a small town or an underprivileged world could transcend it somehow. Bobbie Ann Mason characterdesiredream share on social
Most of the time I was in the Northeast, I lived in the country, and I think that helped me to discover my material for writing. Bobbie Ann Mason countrydiscoverhelp Change image and share on social
I grew up on the precursors to rock and roll, rhythm and blues. Bobbie Ann Mason bluegrowprecursor Change image and share on social
Writing a novel about World War II and the French Resistance was a challenge both sobering and thrilling. Bobbie Ann Mason challengefrenchresistance Change image and share on social
Since 'Huckleberry Finn,' or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero. Bobbie Ann Mason alienateamericanfinn Change image and share on social
I'm not very articulate. The reason I write is because I don't talk. Bobbie Ann Mason articulatereasontalk Change image and share on social
My father had all these great names for our cows. Bossy and Daisy and Petunia and Turnip. One of my jobs was to round up the cows before milking. I'd go out back with the dog and bring them in. Bobbie Ann Mason backbossybring Change image and share on social
The way I see it, a clever cat prowls but calls home occasionally. Bobbie Ann Mason callcatclever Change image and share on social
I read many riveting escape-and-evade accounts of airmen and of the Resistance networks organized to hide them and then send them on grueling treks across the Pyrenees to safety. But it was the people I met in France and Belgium who made the period come alive for me. They had lived it. Bobbie Ann Mason accountairmanalive share on social