I kept sending out stories and getting rejected. Janet Fitch More Quotes by Janet Fitch More Quotes From Janet Fitch Inside every human being, there is unlimited time and space. Janet Fitch unlimitedspacebeing-there When I start writing, my unconscious, my conflicts, my thoughts all start to come up. So for me, writing is an exploration. I never know how my stories will end. Janet Fitch conflictstorieswriting I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing. Janet Fitch issueswritingfiction I'm always gratified when I check something I've made up and discover that I've gotten it right. How can we imagine something that turns out to be true? How can we know things we couldn't possibly know? It makes me wonder about the existence of a collective unconscious. Janet Fitch collective-unconsciousimaginewonder I usually start with something that has some energy, like a compressed character or a situation that's wound up like a spring. Then all I have to do is let it go, let its energy carry the story. And that may not turn out to be the beginning of the book. Janet Fitch springcharacterbook We read so that we can be moved by a new way of looking at things. Janet Fitch new-waysmovedway If I get ideas independently of the act of writing, they never really fit. So for me, there's no hanging out, waiting for inspiration. Janet Fitch inspirationwritingideas In our exterior life, we can be only one person. But in our imagination, we can be anyone, anywhere. Janet Fitch exteriorpersonsimagination A lot of people think they should be happy all the time. But the writer understands you need both. You need the whole piano: the richness of the whole human experience. Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human. Janet Fitch be-happyangerdepressiontime For me, I'd rather be the inventive one, and if something doesn't work, I'll go back to the workshop, put it on the bench, and pound on it for awhile. Janet Fitch backgomework My mother was an enthusiastic chef but wildly disorganized, and often preferred purchasing yet another jar of mace or chili powder rather than having to hunt down its last incarnation. Janet Fitch downlastmotherchef The elegance of a really good screenplay, I admire it. I can't do it. Janet Fitch reallygoodadmireelegance As an undergraduate, I had not studied literature - I was a history major. Janet Fitch hadmajorliteraturehistory What is real is always worth it. Janet Fitch worth-itreal
