Lisa Alther Quotes

“I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.”

“Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.”

“That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.”

“Whatever I experienced in the world that I didn't understand I'd invent a story and workout my understanding of something through the story.”

“I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.”

“The strength of a woman far exceeds the brawn of a man. ~Lisa Antonio”

“I love people who choose to surprise the sad ones, Just to make them smile!”

“There is no lifeguard on duty. We each swim at our own risk during this short journey." ~ Lisa Fantino/Amalfi Blue”

“If the landscape of human emotion were to exist in country, it would be in Italy." ~Lisa Fantino/Amalfi Blue”

“In the cool dark basement, she whispers, "It's not Ralph, is it?"Cabel's quiet for a moment, as if he's thinking, "You mean like Forever Ralph? Uh, no.""You've read Forever?" Janie is incredulous. "There wasn't much else to chose from on the hospital library cart, and Deenie was always checked out," Cable says sarcastically. "Did you like it?"Cabel laughs softly, "Um...well, it wasn't the wisest thing to read for a fourteen-year-old guy with fresh skin grafts in the general area down there, if you know what I mean.”