Because I donโt work with an outline, writing a story is like crossing a stream, now Iโm on this rock, now Iโm on this rock, now Iโm on this rock.
Ann BeattieYou put a character out there and you're in their power. You're in trouble if they're in yours.
Ann BeattieClouds are poems, and the most moving poems linger on the blackboard so long, written in cursive so lovely, they also exist inside our fingertips. We never really erase them at the end of the lesson.
Ann Beattie