As a writer of fiction, I spend my days inventing real lives for make-believe people; what I create can only seem real.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the imaginative process of creating believable characters in fiction.
Julia Glass expresses the unique role of a fiction writer, emphasizing the intricate task of breathing life into invented characters. The writer's craft lies in making the fictional tangible and relatable, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.
In practice
In a workshop on creative writing, this quote can inspire students to explore character development.
I write because I'm in love with language; because I like working for myself, inside my head; and because it's the only way I know to make a stab at answering the never-ending questions of the heart that arise simply from the everyday living of our lives.
I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think.
I truly feel like my job is to make the shows. That's what I'm paid to do. It's somebody else's job to market them, and it's somebody else's job to pay attention to the ratings, because if I paid attention to all that, my head would explode.
What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.
I've heard some writers say things like, 'Well, I'm a professional writer. I only start books I know I can finish.' I look at it maybe the other way: I only want to write books I'm not sure I can write.
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.
If we end up creating a gameplay structure where it makes sense for, whether it's a female to go rescue a male or a gay man to rescue a lesbian woman or a lesbian woman to rescue a gay man, we might take that approach.
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