You canโt control what other people think about your art. Think about the part of yourself that you can control, which is your ability to be kind and loving and creative.
Ann PatchettI love telling people what to read. It's my favorite thing in the world, to buy books and force books on people, take bad books away from people, give them better books.
Ann PatchettThe hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn't anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote.
Ann Patchett