If in Doubt, Quote!

…she’s quotable:

“Writing about design is like dancing about architecture.”

–Jennifer Ziegler, author of Alpha Dog
and How Not to Be Popular.

I don’t have an idea for a play until after I’ve finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what it’s about later. My technique could be compared to having a large canvas and coming in every day and putting a dot on it somewhere, and after several years — literally — I begin to say, ‘That reminds me of an elephant, so I think I’ll make it one.’

Today in Salon, Cary Tennis answers a plea from a wannabe writer with some plain truths:

…[J]ust don’t be on your high horse. It’s not like they’re handing out rewards for talent. It’s more like mud wrestling.