Phrase by 'Elizabeth McCracken'
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There's a good chance that in 40 years, after the floods, people zipping by on scavenged jetpacks with their scavenged baseball caps on backwards, I will be in my rocking chair saying bitterly, 'I remember when 'all right' was two words.'
Author: Elizabeth McCracken - American AuthorPeople , Words , Good , Remember
In general, I think people are worried about saying the wrong thing to any grieving person. On a very basic level, I think they're frightened of touching off tears or sorrow, as though someone tearing up at the mention of unhappy news would be the mentioner's fault.
Author: Elizabeth McCracken - American AuthorPeople , Think , Tears , Unhappy
There were a lot of things I loved about working in a library, but mostly I miss the library patrons. I love books, but books are everywhere. Library patrons are as various and oddball and democratic as library books.
Author: Elizabeth McCracken - American AuthorLove , Things , Loved , Library
I own an e-reader, but I use it almost exclusively to read things that aren't books - student theses, unbound galleys.
Author: Elizabeth McCracken - American AuthorOwn , Things , Student , Use
At my first library job, I worked with a woman named Sheila Brownstein, who was The Reader's Advisor. She was a short, bosomy Englishwoman who accosted people at the shelves and asked if they wanted advice on what to read, and if the answer was yes, she asked what writers they already loved and then suggested somebody new.
Author: Elizabeth McCracken - American AuthorPeople , Job , Woman , Library
I like seeing my physical progress through a volume, particularly if it's a big book.
Author: Elizabeth McCracken - American AuthorBook , Like , Big , Progress
I used to be a writer with superstitions worthy of a professional baseball player: I needed a certain desk chair and a certain armchair and a certain desk arrangement, and I could only get really useful work done between 8 P.M. and 3 A.M. Then I started to move, and I couldn't bring my chairs with me.
Author: Elizabeth McCracken - American AuthorMe , Work , Baseball , Professional
Revising stuff lately, I was shocked to see how often my characters scratched their ankles, felt their feet, and touched their own ears.
Author: Elizabeth McCracken - American AuthorSee , Own , Feet , How
When it comes to other people's writing, my older influences are more powerful than more recent ones, partially because I'm now more worried that I'll suddenly accidentally steal something from another writer.
Author: Elizabeth McCracken - American AuthorPeople , Something , Writing , Powerful
Life likes jokes; life is constantly making jokes, even at the most inopportune moments.
Author: Elizabeth McCracken - American AuthorLife , Likes , Moments , Jokes
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