Liza Campbell Quotes

I knew the basic outline of the novel [The Dissemblers] and would write whatever scene of the book I felt particularly excited about at the time.

I lived in New Mexico until I was seventeen, and honestly I've been homesick ever since I left.

Now I am as big of an [ Georgia] O'Keeffe admirer as Ivy [Wilkes] is, but that came through writing the book.

When I finished the book [The Dissemblers], I sent it to one billion agents, and got one billion rejections.

I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for me to work a day job!

I find that time constraints actually make me more productive, and "real world" experiences provide a lot of inspiration to write.

I am currently in nursing school, so one day I will be both a nurse and a writer.

Publishing requires a lot of persistence and a fair amount of luck.

I hope to work through disappointment and frustration with as much grace as [Georgia] O'Keeffe did, and I hope to have the same confidence in my own vision.

From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically.

This was my first novel [The Dissemblers ]. I've never seriously written short stories, and actually find short stories much more intimidating as an art form than novels.

I was envious of [Vincent] Van Gogh because I could never make a painting that beautiful! (Ridiculous, I know.) That was when the character of Ivy [Wilkes] began to take shape for me.

I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for me.

Writing a book set in New Mexico was partially a way to express my own love for the state, and partially a way to prudently follow the advice to write what you know.

I was loosely aware that most of my characters were fundamentally selfish people, but I didn't intentionally make that a theme.

Yet [Georgia O'Keeffe ] always stayed true to her vision, and was at times uncompromising in following the path she saw for herself.

One thing that was inspiring to me in my research about [Georgia] O'Keeffe was to learn that in addition to her success she had very hard times, and times when she was frustrated and uninspired.

The book [The Dissemblers] officially came out two weeks after my thirtieth birthday...am I still young?

I read letters and journal entries by [Georgia] O'Keeffe (which were infinitely more useful than any critical analysis of her work).

I did take one drawing class in school, but for this book I spent a lot of time talking to painters and asking them silly questions.

I am a tragically bad artist.

I've spent many a day worrying that I will never be able to write again!

The motivation to paint seems more pure, or at least more personal, when the artist is doing it for herself.

Does art play a role in the greater good of society, or does it just promote the satisfaction of the artist? I go back and forth on that question.

I do think that it is one of the eternal questions about art, though - is all art intrinsically selfish?