Quote

Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.

Alex Flinn

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Alex Flinn
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 23
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Alexandra Flinn
Think
Since
Thinking
Books
Written
Viewpoint
Less
Viewpoints
Able
Sympathetic
Book
Useful
Many
Talent
Things
Sides

More quotes by Alex Flinn

Image
I love you, I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one - that she won't say it back.
Alex Flinn
Image
It would be so great to have someone my own age to talk to, even if it was just about books.
Alex Flinn
Image
A boy admiring a pretty girl. A rare thing to be certain. But love-true love-is something else.
Alex Flinn
Image
In stories like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, they always say the heroine is 'as good as she is beautiful.' I wondered if people just wanted that to be true, wanted the beautiful to be good. I wondered if they wanted the ugly to be bad because then they wouldn't have to feel bad for them.
Alex Flinn
Image
Good to know: Doctors can't cure you of being a beast.
Alex Flinn
Image
Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.
Alex Flinn
Image
I was a lawyer for about ten years. The law teaches one to see things from all different angles.
Alex Flinn
Image
Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.
Alex Flinn
Image
Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite.
Alex Flinn
Image
Seem like a lot of people wear shoes they can't walk in.
Alex Flinn
Image
Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.
Alex Flinn
Image
Anyone else feel like that? Like your life's a big act. Like you're trying to be a man when you're just a scared kid, trying to keep under control when you really want to scream, cry, or maybe hit someone. Ever feel like you're breathing underwater and you have to stop because you're gulping in too much fluid.
Alex Flinn
Image
I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.
Alex Flinn
Image
Everyone can use a little beauty.
Alex Flinn
Image
The magic is over, but its effects will live forever.
Alex Flinn
Image
This isn't a fairy tale. It's New York City.
Alex Flinn
Image
Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
Alex Flinn
Image
Something with inner beauty will live forever, like the scent of a rose.
Alex Flinn
Image
You shouldn't miss someone who don't miss you, right?
Alex Flinn
Image
That's what true love should be like-the person should be part of your soul and you should know what they're feeling all the time.
Alex Flinn