Connie Willis
Writers are too neurotic to ever be happy.
When you've written your characters into a corner, you just hand the manuscript over to your partner and make her fix it.
My latest comedy, Bellwether, let me go after everything that bugs me: meetings, Barbie, trendy coffeehouses, those incompetent clerks who refuse to get off the phone to talk to you, and bread pudding.
It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir.
I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty.
I have watched "All My Children" since it started. Can you believe Erica was the one who ran over Maria and Kelsey?
I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible.
I hate sequels. They're never as good as the first book.
I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia.
Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person.
1. Optimize potential. 2. Facilitate empowerment. 3. Implement visioning. 4. Strategize priorities. 5. Augment core structures.