Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well. Anita Shreve arenabeliefbetrayal Change image and share on social
I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then. Anita Shreve alivecravefact Change image and share on social
As a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences. Anita Shreve actconsequenceinterest Change image and share on social
I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that this is the real thing: a book that is going to offer the delicious promise of a riveting story, arresting language and characters that will haunt me for days. Anita Shreve arrestbookcharacter share on social
I start writing at 7.30 A.M. and write till noon. I've never written a single word after 5.00 P.M. Anita Shreve havenoonsingle Change image and share on social
My favourite books series as a young child was the Frank L. Baum 'Wizard of Oz' series. They were beautifully written, oversized fat books with wonderful type and illustrations. Anita Shreve baumbeautifullybook Change image and share on social
I have spent many hours on the beach collecting sea glass, and I almost always wonder, as I bend to pick up chunk of bottle green or a shard of meringue white, what the history of the glass was. Who used it? Was it a medicine bottle? A bit of a ship's lantern? Is that bubbled piece of glass with the charred bits inside it from a fire? Anita Shreve beachbendbit share on social
I've always been charmed by houses, and descriptions of them are prominent in my novels. So prominent, in fact, that my editor once pointed out to me that all of my early novels had houses on the covers. Anita Shreve charmcoverdescription share on social
I got hit by the bug of reading - not via a person, but via the one-room library in our small town. I remember that the children's books were in the right-hand corner near the floor. Often when I went there, I was the only visitor. Anita Shreve bookbugchild share on social
A house with any kind of age will have dozens of stories to tell. I suppose if a novelist could live long enough, one could base an entire oeuvre on the lives that weave in and out of an antique house. Anita Shreve ageantiquebase share on social