Ann Beattie Quotes

United States, Writer
September 8, 1947

Ann Beattie (born September 8, 1947) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form. She holds an undergraduate degree from American University and a master's degree from the University of Connecticut.

Also known as Novelist

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

Ann Beattie
- Men
- Women
There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect.

Ann Beattie
- Different
- Explore

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's often a novel I admire, but not all of their works.

Ann Beattie