When working on your own, you can make a choice and find out six months later that you made a bad choice. But when you work with people you trust, who understand your obsessions, you can take risks. Janet Fitch badchoicefind Change image and share on social
The thing that makes vivid writing is when the reader is in the body of the story, the body of the character. Things smell like something; there's weather, there's texture, there's light. Janet Fitch bodycharacterlight Change image and share on social
I send all my short fiction to 'Ontario Review' because Joyce Carol Oates is associate editor there, and I think she's fantastic. Janet Fitch associatecaroleditor Change image and share on social
Most women experience issues of power and sexuality, but very few women talk about it. There's the threat of the loss of approval. Janet Fitch approvalexperienceissue Change image and share on social
My thoughts about God are vague and abstract. My connection with the energy of the universe is shaky. Janet Fitch abstractconnectionenergy 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
Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an atomic bomb. Janet Fitch atomicbombdescribe Change image and share on social
Women writers specifically... are the ultimate outsiders. Janet Fitch outsiderspecificallyultimate Change image and share on social
A lot of people think they should be happy all the time. But the writer understands you need both. You need the whole piano: the richness of the whole human experience. Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human. Janet Fitch angerdepressionexperience share on social
We don't have a unitary society anymore, you know; it's very fragmented. I look up and down my block in Silverlake and there is a different universe in every house. Janet Fitch anymoreblockfragment Change image and share on social
