Crime novelists do really well with Los Angeles. Janet Fitch angelescrimelos Change image and share on social
While out on the perimeter, women discovered the freedom of badlands. They were curiously free to invent, without having to liberate themselves from the forms and rewards of the cultural norm. Janet Fitch badlandculturalcuriously Change image and share on social
I think that Oprah's on a mission to improve the lives of the average American in various ways. And one of them is to bring literature to people who would normally not be quite as demanding in their reading tastes, to show them writing that can be more than just entertainment. Janet Fitch americanaveragebring share on social
A novelist can get by on story, but the poet has nothing but the words. Janet Fitch novelistpoetstory Change image and share on social
I never know how a novel is going to end, because you don't really know what's going to be at the bottom of a novel until you excavate it. Janet Fitch bottomendexcavate Change image and share on social
Memory is the fourth dimension to any landscape. Janet Fitch dimensionfourthlandscape Change image and share on social
The writer is both a sadist and a masochist. We create people we love, and then we torture them. The more we love them, and the more cleverly we torture them along the lines of their greatest vulnerability and fear, the better the story. Janet Fitch cleverlycreatefear share on social
I'd rather see a writer write 15 minutes a day than save it all up for a Saturday. A work gets a coating on it when it's not been worked on for a while, makes it hard to break back in. Janet Fitch backbreakcoat Change image and share on social
The elegance of a really good screenplay, I admire it. I can't do it. Janet Fitch admireelegancegood Change image and share on social
I have a hard time with abstractions. I always go to the personal. Janet Fitch abstractionhardpersonal Change image and share on social
