Updike and Bellow and Roth were my three favorite writers when I was young and throughout my life.
Ann PatchettI'm very sentimental about lobsters. The last lobster I ate was the only lobster I cooked.
Ann PatchettYou see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no.
Ann Patchett