When you have success, people think you know what you're doing, and you start to agree with them, you think you can conquer the world. But you go from grandiosity to panic. Janet Fitch agreeconquergrandiosity Change image and share on social
I was into the music scene, but I was also a bit of a perfectionist and very hard on myself... very dark in that way. Janet Fitch bitedarkhard 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've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist. Janet Fitch depresshavelife Change image and 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
I've always been concerned with what happens to children in our society when there's nobody left to take care of them. Janet Fitch carechildconcern Change image and share on social
I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in college. Janet Fitch collegefictionhumiliate Change image and share on social
My mother was an enthusiastic chef but wildly disorganized, and often preferred purchasing yet another jar of mace or chili powder rather than having to hunt down its last incarnation. Janet Fitch chefchilidisorganize Change image and share on social
As a middle-aged woman who has had some luck as a writer, I'd like this profession of author to remain a possibility for young writers in the future - and not become an arena solely for the hobbyist or the well-heeled. Janet Fitch agearenaauthor 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