Kim Edwards Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Lexington is home to the University of Kentucky, where my husband and I teach, as well as to Transylvania University, the oldest college established west of the Allegheny Mountains, and several multinational companies; people come and go from all over the world.”

“I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story.”

“I never know as a writer when I set out into a novel where it's going to take me.”

“William Trevor is an author I admire; his stories are subtle and powerful, and beautifully written.”

“As a writer and as a reader, I really believe in the power of narrative to allow us ways to experience life beyond our own, ways to reflect on things that have happened to us and a chance to engage with the world in ways that transcend time and gender and all sorts of things.”

“I find my husband's family history fascinating, as they can trace the family lineage back to ancestors who fought, and died, in the first battle of the Revolution, as well as to many other interesting people.”

“I've always set my stories in places I know well. It frees me up to spend more imaginative time on the characters if I'm not worrying about the logistics.”

“Many Lexington natives believe they live in a special place, one impossible to leave. I'm not so sure about that - or it's more accurate to say I think a more general truth exists beneath it: the place you first call home stays with you always, whether you remain or go.”

“One of my greatest times of inspiration is when I'm traveling or living in a new country - there's a tremendous freedom that comes from being unfettered by your own, familiar culture, and by seeing the world from a different point of view.”

“I always talk to my students about the need to write for the joy of writing. I try to sort of disaggregate the acclaim from the act of writing.”