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Ann Beattie

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Clichés so often befall vain people.


— Ann Beattie


#vain #vanity #men

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.


— Ann Beattie


#common #happy #little #lumped #minimalism

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.


— Ann Beattie


#blond #blond hair #disadvantage #hair #i

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.


— Ann Beattie


#adventure #answers #any #close #home

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the reader, and I do hope they're on target.


— Ann Beattie


#being #certain #confusions #disappointments #feel

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's often a novel I admire, but not all of their works.


— Ann Beattie


#admire #again #alice #ask #i

I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.


— Ann Beattie


#even #i #name #now #people

I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around.


— Ann Beattie


#always #around #atmosphere #characters #gets

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.


— Ann Beattie


#i #i think #i write #me #mysterious

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.


— Ann Beattie


#cynical #depressing #extremely #i #known






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She holds an undergraduate degree from American University and a masters degree from the University of Connecticut. Salinger John Cheever and John Updike. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form.

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