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Ann Beattie quotes: Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that.

Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that.

Ann Beattie quotes: It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.

Ann Beattie quotes: Nothing is so lovely as a quietly snoring dog and some evening Brahms, as you sit in a comfortably overstuffed chair with your feet on the footstool.

Nothing is so lovely as a quietly snoring dog and some evening Brahms, as you sit in a comfortably overstuffed chair with your feet on the footstool.

Ann Beattie quotes: Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

Ann Beattie quotes: Hydrox cookies (what happened to them? They used to be so good. Sugar. No doubt they're leaving out sugar)

Hydrox cookies (what happened to them? They used to be so good. Sugar. No doubt they're leaving out sugar)

Ann Beattie quotes: The real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.

The real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.

Ann Beattie quotes: It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.

It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.

Ann Beattie quotes: People forget years and remember moments.

People forget years and remember moments.

Ann Beattie quotes: I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.

I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.

Ann Beattie quotes: Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.

Ann Beattie quotes: I've spent my life supporting myself.

I've spent my life supporting myself.

Ann Beattie quotes: I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.

I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.

Ann Beattie quotes: Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it.

Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it.

Ann Beattie quotes: You put a character out there and you're in their power. You're in trouble if they're in yours.

You put a character out there and you're in their power. You're in trouble if they're in yours.

Ann Beattie quotes: What will happen can't be stopped. Aim for Grace.

What will happen can't be stopped. Aim for Grace.

Ann Beattie quotes: The admiration of another writer's work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.

The admiration of another writer's work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.

Ann Beattie quotes: I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

Ann Beattie quotes: I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.

Ann Beattie quotes: I am not alone in bearing grudges against reviewers who have doomed a book's chances because they've missed the point, the tone, everything ...

I am not alone in bearing grudges against reviewers who have doomed a book's chances because they've missed the point, the tone, everything ...

Ann Beattie quotes: Whatever one intends, the work takes on a life of its own.

Whatever one intends, the work takes on a life of its own.

Ann Beattie quotes: It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

Ann Beattie quotes: Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.

Ann Beattie quotes: If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that.

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that.

Ann Beattie quotes: Because I don't work with an outline, writing a story is like crossing a stream, now I'm on this rock, now I'm on this rock, now I'm on this rock.

Because I don't work with an outline, writing a story is like crossing a stream, now I'm on this rock, now I'm on this rock, now I'm on this rock.

Ann Beattie quotes: People who were dying: their minds always raced past whatever was being said, and still the pain went faster, leapfrogging ahead.

People who were dying: their minds always raced past whatever was being said, and still the pain went faster, leapfrogging ahead.