I’ve been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by — Ann Beattie
I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments — Ann Beattie
I don’t write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. — Ann Beattie
Falling in place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that. — Ann Beattie
Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped — Ann Beattie
I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual — Ann Beattie
I must say also that it’s never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair. — Ann Beattie
I like a lot of margaret atwood, I like much of alice munro. Again, if you were to ask me — Ann Beattie