Quotes by 'Lynn Coady'

Lynn Coady

Lynn Coady is a Canadian novelist and journalist...

feminists focusing ridiculed

In the late sixties, when revolution and upheaval were everywhere, feminists were ridiculed for focusing on housework.

less minor people respect stranger total understood worse

I've never understood people who treat their loved ones worse and with less respect than they would a total stranger or minor acquaintance.

collection short stories win

I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller.

responsibility

I think, as writers, our first responsibility is to writing an honest story. Tell the story you want to tell, without pulling your punches.

good kicked

I started out in the journalism program, but I got kicked out. I wasn't very good at it. It wasn't where I wanted to be ultimately.

nominee

I know what the Giller nominee effect is, but we'll see what the next level is.

trust

I just have to trust that the story is going to shake out in such a way that's going to be palatable to readers.

I don't even like to cry in private.

I come from a working-class background, and I thought I had to be studying something that would get me a job.

arms love throwing

Guys know how to read each other's signals. They know how to telegraph love for one another without throwing their arms around one another.

clumsy eloquent expression flowers love seem time words

Flowers are an easy, eloquent expression of love at a time when words can seem clumsy and inadequate.

absolute filtering good human relationships

Filtering can be a very good thing when it comes to human relationships and familial harmony. Yeah, filtering is often an absolute necessity.

almost based dating roles society unequal

Dating, like almost every other male-female interaction in present-day society, is based on outmoded and unequal social roles and expectations.

anger follow legs letter speaks

Anger is one of those emotions that doesn't follow the letter of the law. It speaks before it thinks. It rears up on its hind legs and charges.