I've always hated quotation marks: they're ugly on the page and they classify the text for you, putting dialogue in one box and narration in another.
Catherine BradyYou have to be able to play: this is spontaneous interaction, and it flexes all the creative muscles you need as a writer. And empathy is one of those muscles.
Catherine BradyIf you cross-section anyone's life from one angle and then another, what constitutes goodness looks different each time. It's not an absolute.
Catherine BradyI love the way a story's ending can force you to read backwards. It's as if you are slowly adjusting a kaleidoscope until a random scattering of colored crystals suddenly falls into a beautiful symmetrical pattern.
Catherine Brady