There was a time in my life when I wasn't sure I'd ever write a short story again because I had started writing novels, and I am fundamentally a lazy person, and the fact is that a novel is a lazy person's form, really. That is, you can amble; you can digress. Elizabeth McCracken ambledigressfact share on social
I feel like I don't understand time in novels, really. I bumble forward, is all. Elizabeth McCracken bumblefeelforward Change image and share on social
Humor reminds you, when you're flattened by sorrow, that you're still human. Elizabeth McCracken flattenhumanhumor Change image and share on social
For about half an hour in mid-1992, I knew as much as any layperson about the pleasures of remote access of other people's computers. Elizabeth McCracken accesscomputerhalf Change image and share on social
I have a memory of my fourth-grade self wanting to be the first woman president of the United States, but I think that has a lot more to do with my love of world records and reference books than a love of serving my country. Elizabeth McCracken bookcountryfourth share on social
My mother's family didn't speak much about Europe: My mother was born in 1935, and her new-world parents were the sort who didn't want to worry their children about the war. Elizabeth McCracken bearchildeurope Change image and share on social
There were a lot of things I loved about working in a library, but mostly I miss the library patrons. I love books, but books are everywhere. Library patrons are as various and oddball and democratic as library books. Elizabeth McCracken bookdemocraticlibrary share on social
The thing that most interests me about writing - there are lots of things, but the thing I can't do without - is the hit of happiness a lovely sentence delivers. Elizabeth McCracken deliverhappinesshit Change image and share on social
In the last century, I earned my living as a librarian, and I loved it. I'd have to take some classes to get up to speed with 21st-century librarianship. Elizabeth McCracken 21stcenturyclass Change image and share on social
Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories. Elizabeth McCracken goodhardnovel Change image and share on social
