I think the impulse to get to the heart of the story and to tell it well is in my genes. Amy Bloom geneheartimpulse Change image and share on social
I'm sure I've been influenced by every fine writer I've ever read, from Dickens and Austen to Auden and Jane Hirshfield. And also, the short stories of Updike, Cheever, Munro, Alice Adams, and Doris Lessing. And the plays of Oscar Wilde. And paintings by Alice Neel and Matisse. Amy Bloom adamaliceauden share on social
I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to write. But at the same time, I feel that writers are, of course, writing for their readers, too. Amy Bloom basefeelreader share on social
I find the 1940s very compelling. It is a very excitable period in the U.S. when, whether out of necessity or not, everybody was reinventing themselves. Amy Bloom 1940scompelexcitable Change image and share on social
I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with. Amy Bloom familiarlotresearch Change image and share on social
My job is to form the people, the story, the sentences. Every reader will bring their own life and their own history to the story and shape it accordingly. I guess you can say it's like I am sending them a letter. Amy Bloom bringformguess share on social
I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the things for which we don't always have a name, and the things that are not easy to articulate - the difference between what we think and how we feel. Amy Bloom articulatedifferenceeasy share on social
We have our insides and our outsides, and I find the struggles between the two, as well as the occasions of harmony between the two, fascinating. Amy Bloom fascinatefindharmony Change image and share on social
For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise. Amy Bloom breadthdepthexperience Change image and share on social
I assume as a writer that most of the time I'm going to fall down and fail. Amy Bloom assumefailfall Change image and share on social
