Lisa Alther

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement read more

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.

. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room.

What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room.

"I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes read more

"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."