Alex Flinn Quotes & Sayings

“I was a lawyer for about ten years. The law teaches one to see things from all different angles.”

“I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was going on, but I had fun.”

“I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.”

“I enjoy people who aren't afraid to say what they mean. It makes life so much easier!”

“I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.”

“Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.”

“Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.”

“Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite.”

“I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all writers must do, and it was in junior high that I learned to do it.”

“Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.”