My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.
Lynn AbbeyI think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.
Lynn AbbeyIf you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.
Lynn AbbeyA good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.
Lynn Abbey