Top 96 Quotes by Lynn Coady

About Lynn Coady

These are some quotes by Canadian author Lynn Coady Novelist, who was born on January 24, 1970.

What I've learned is that you get better at writing by writing, and that 'youthful energy' will only get you so far.

What I've learned is that you get better at writing by writing, and that 'youthful energy' will only get you so far.

Lynn Coady

I started out in the journalism program, but I got kicked out. I wasn't very good at it. It wasn't where I wanted to be ultimately.

I started out in the journalism program, but I got kicked out. I wasn't very good at it. It wasn't where I wanted to be ultimately.

Lynn Coady

I avoid writing about sex out of a certainty that no matter how grown up and matter-of-fact I might try to be, there is a snickering yet nun-terrorized 12-year-old-boy inside me who would at some point be certain to grab the reins in his hairy palms.

Lynn Coady

When a man tells a woman there is no chance of a formal, committed, long-term relationship, the only self-respecting response is to take him at his word and move on.

When a man tells a woman there is no chance of a formal, committed, long-term relationship, the only self-respecting response is to take him at his word and move on.

Lynn Coady

There was a time when I thought dudes had friendship all figured out. The focus on eating things in front of giant screens, pretending to punch one another, competing over who can utter the grossest and most profane personal insults imaginable - this struck me as the very apex of human social exchange.

Lynn Coady

The process of writing a story isn't about fair. It's about getting to the heart of your story, getting to the truth of it. It transcends ideals of fair and unfair, right and wrong.

The process of writing a story isn't about fair. It's about getting to the heart of your story, getting to the truth of it. It transcends ideals of fair and unfair, right and wrong.

Lynn Coady

I think, as writers, our first responsibility is to writing an honest story. Tell the story you want to tell, without pulling your punches.

I think, as writers, our first responsibility is to writing an honest story. Tell the story you want to tell, without pulling your punches.

Lynn Coady

When writing sex scenes, there is often no pleasing anyone, except perhaps the writer herself.

When writing sex scenes, there is often no pleasing anyone, except perhaps the writer herself.

Lynn Coady

To buy dinner transmits that you feel time spent in your date's company has been a pleasure and a privilege.

To buy dinner transmits that you feel time spent in your date's company has been a pleasure and a privilege.

Lynn Coady

Filtering can be a very good thing when it comes to human relationships and familial harmony. Yeah, filtering is often an absolute necessity.

Filtering can be a very good thing when it comes to human relationships and familial harmony. Yeah, filtering is often an absolute necessity.

Lynn Coady

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