I think it's very hard to reconcile oneself to the notion that it may not matter what you think if you still want to write.
Lynne TillmanIt's not the writer who determines how good she is anyway. Writers don't determine that. It's readers who determine that.
Lynne TillmanA book coming out into the world can be a harsh, harsh time. And your feelings are on the line. Everything that publication is about is really not what your writing is about. Your writing is coming out of something else, and publication and being in the public are something else. And those of us who have published, in whatever way we're published, are very fortunate.
Lynne TillmanI'm bothered, as a reader, when I feel the writer is filling in too much. Again, whether it's nonfiction or fiction, I think writers are providing a kind of template or platform for thinking and imagining.
Lynne Tillman