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.

Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to read more

Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But read more

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.

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.