Best quotes by Lorrie Moore on Life
Checkout quotes by Lorrie Moore on Life
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‟ I've been falsely accused of drawing too much from real life. But I am a petty thief - I take little things. And, I mean, I can hardly write 10 words before I start to make things up. I start to invent, because that's what I want to do. I'm running away to an invented place.
- Lorrie Moore
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‟ An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.
- Lorrie Moore
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‟ A story is a kind of biopsy of human life. A story is both local, specific, small, and deep, in a kind of penetrating, layered, and revealing way.
- Lorrie Moore
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‟ I grew up with 'Life' magazine on the coffee table, Life cereal on the breakfast table, and the game of Life on the card table. People were just so happy to be alive, I guess.
- Lorrie Moore
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‟ I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'
- Lorrie Moore