I write all the time, whether I feel like it or not. I never get inspired unless I'm already writing. Janet Fitch feelinspiretime Change image and share on social
Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human. Janet Fitch angerdepressionhuman Change image and share on social
Use description of landscape to help you establish the emotional tone of the scene. Keep notes of how other authors establish mood and foreshadow events by describing the world around the character. Janet Fitch authorcharacterdescribe Change image and share on social
My father was an engineer - he wasn't literary, not a writer or a journalist, but he was one of the world's great readers. Every two weeks, he'd take me to our local branch library and pull books off the shelf for me, stacking them up in my arms - 'Have you read this? And this? And this?' Janet Fitch armbookbranch share on social
As an artist, you can never get what you want. What you do never approaches what you want it to be. Janet Fitch approachartist 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
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
Anytime you work with materials that are deep parts of yourself, you feel revulsion at showing things about yourself that you don't want people to know. Janet Fitch anytimedeepfeel Change image and share on social
For me, I'd rather be the inventive one, and if something doesn't work, I'll go back to the workshop, put it on the bench, and pound on it for awhile. Janet Fitch awhilebackbench Change image and share on social
My mother never met a gadget she didn't like. There were tube pans for baking the angel food cakes my father could have after his first heart attack, and Bundt pans and loaf pans and baking pans and grilling pans. Janet Fitch angelattackbake share on social