Eden Robinson Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth.

  Eden Robinson

  Writing, People, Perceive

  "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.

• My family is filled with wonderful storytellers. I lack their gift of gab, so it's a relief to be able to write.

  Eden Robinson

  Writing, Relief, Able

  "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.

• Writing about your community is difficult for any writer.

  Eden Robinson

  Writing, Community, Difficult

  "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.

• In general, I'm careful when I'm dealing with subjects of deep cultural importance and write with abandon when I'm dealing with issues of personal dysfunction.

  Eden Robinson

  Writing, Dysfunction, Issues

  "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.

• I have carpal tunnel so I can't write more than four hours total without tingling numbness. I take a lot of breaks and do stretches.

  Eden Robinson

  Writing, Tunnels, Numbness

  "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.

• If I have a clear spot in my schedule, I like to tackle the heavy scenes that require the heightened emotion and focus of a long writing session. Otherwise, I have daily obligations that can't be ignored.

  Eden Robinson

  Writing, Long, Focus

  "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.

• If I gave up writing, I'd have to find an equally obsessive way to fill my time. Yarn-bombing skyscrapers or making houses out of empty soda bottles.

  Eden Robinson

  Writing, Yarn, House

  "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.

• I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton: January 19. I am absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way.

  Eden Robinson

  Writing, Way, January

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