Lorrie Moore (born Marie Lorena Moore on January 13, 1957) is an American fiction writer known mainly for her humorous and poignant short stories. Read full biography of Lorrie Moore →
Some people get their books on the best-seller list and then they count the number of weeks, and I just never want to live that way.
Sometimes I ask myself if writing novels is even respectable.
Writing has to be an obsession - it's only for those who say, 'I'm not going to do anything else.'
You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can't pay our bills.
I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't write. No... →
I'm surrounded by music; I always was when I was growing up and continue to be. And I love music. And when I imagine a fictional world, I imagine... →
The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother or father.' And you know... →
When I was in graduate school, I had a teacher who said to me, 'Women writers should marry somebody who thinks writing is cute. Because if they... →
Lorrie Moore (born Marie Lorena Moore on January 13, 1957) is an American fiction writer known mainly for her humorous and poignant short stories.