Diane Chattaway > Diane's Quotes

“I just always wanted to write. I think it stems from always wanting to read. Somewhere along the lines of being entertained, I thought... I would like to entertain others.”
― Diane M Chattaway

“I must write in a corner, a very tight corner, or with my back against the wall. Somewhere that leaves no room to squeeze in on either side of me. This way, no one can read over my shoulder, not even the dead.”
― Diane M Chattaway

“I genuinely feel for my characters. While I was writing 8, I had to take a moment. I had to step back from the work, and just cry. In fact, there was an entire scene I cried through writing. It affected me so badly, I had to put the work away. Regroup. I just, I couldn't believe what I had just written. I felt like if Evil needed a face, I would be the number one front-runner for the brand. It was really hard for me. Every bit of pain, anger, desperation that I wrote, I felt while writing it. In a way, I think I became my characters. I transferred them to the page, by living in them.”
― Diane M Chattaway

“I wish I knew where they came from. The ideas. They are always so random. A marriage of one thing meeting another, creating some weird looking baby that needs to grow into a better self.”
― Diane M Chattaway

“While writing Bless me, Father, I became more like the reader than the writer. Every time I thought Okay, I will write one more paragraph and then take a break. But every time, I would end up in a place where I would intrigue even myself and have to keep writing. I wrote 11,000 words in one day because I needed to know what was going to happen next. It was a process that got me to thinking that, perhaps outlining might not be such a bad thing after all. This way, it isn't such a surprise even to me, and I can take a break here and there.”
― Diane M Chattaway