Real Life Quotes

I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue.

Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a novel is 'real'.

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.