Alison McGhee Quotes

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various.

If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes and ears open. Pay attention to the different ways people speak. Read lots of different kinds of books. And then try writing in different voices and styles - don't be afraid to experiment.

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

The novel is resilient, and so are novelists.

I just love doing different things, which is what being a working author is like.

I like to do new things, so I always take on roles that I feel will keep me on my toes. I never want to pigeon myself, so I always like to surprise myself. I believe in versatility and so I would play anything as long as it was a challenge.

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.

I truly believe that writing is a continuum - so the different genres and forms are simply stops along the same continuum. Different ideas that need to be expressed sometimes require different forms for the ideas to float better. I don't write essays as often as I should.

Every time I write a new book, I want to push myself to try something different.

Writers like to write, and writing in different forms - short, long, bite-sized, done on the fly, done with painstaking attention - all interest me.

Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing.

I'm definitely a writer. I don't even know how to freestyle.

Literature has always been the greatest fuel for my imagination.

I love changing my roles. I think the most important thing that I can do for myself is to keep changing the genres, the periods, the characters themselves.

It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can.

I'm open to writing just about anything. I love writing the books that I write. They do tend to be on dark subjects, but I don't think of myself necessarily as a dark-humored person. I like having a lot of fun.

I'm open to trying multiple different types of styles.

I see myself more like a novelist or a polygamist than a musician in terms of my output.

I always write tons of different styles.

I love doing projects that flip my last project on its head. And I love the challenge of taking on different characters.

The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do.

It's about... my only strategy I've ever had in my career is to do as many different types of roles as possible, as many different types of genres. It keeps the fire in my belly.

Writing tips are like mini skirts. Sometimes they fit perfectly, sometimes they make you cry, and sometimes you can reuse the material and sew yourself a pillow or something.

Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.

I've always liked new writing.