Marisha Pessl Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• God, the boring relative everyone ignores--no one calls, no one writes--until they need a serious favor.

  Marisha Pessl

  Writing, Needs, Favors

• I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to cross gender lines and people of all social classes. So for me, writing from a male point of view would be a great challenge, that I would look forward to taking on.

  Marisha Pessl

  Believe, Character, Writing

  "Off the Page: Marisha Pessl". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 26, 2006.

• Occasionally when I'm procrastinating writing, I'll while away the hours on iTunes. You can just keep going forever and find these bands you'd never normally hear of.

  Marisha Pessl

  Writing, Forever, Band

  "Random Rules: Marisha Pessl" by Andy Battaglia, www.avclub.com. November 14, 2006.

• When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words.

  Marisha Pessl

  Song, Writing, Character

  "Random Rules: Marisha Pessl" by Andy Battaglia, www.avclub.com. November 14, 2006.

• I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating.

  Marisha Pessl

  Writing, Ideas, Havens

  "Off the Page: Marisha Pessl". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 26, 2006.

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