Melissa Pritchard Professions : Short story writer Born : December 12, 1948 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Melissa Pritchard All great literature has an uncreeded and luminous theology behind it... Art [is] a form of active prayer. Melissa Pritchard literature prayer art In death, as in sleep, I am all things. Melissa Pritchard all-things sleep Romance novels satisfy a very specific fantasy of romantic love that seems to be a powerful part of the female psyche. Melissa Pritchard romantic-love romance powerful A real love story is sometimes exhausting. A romance is deliberately constructed to yield a certain result; the ambiguities are trimmed out, so it's neater and more pleasing to our hearts. But you don't live a love story, you live a life. Melissa Pritchard yield real heart I believe all stories are love stories, and there are kinds and kinds of love, so I will always write about love, but not necessarily romance. Melissa Pritchard romance writing believe One of the reasons people like romances is that they're artificially shaped to give a pattern and meaning. It's not as messy as everyday life or as difficult or thorny. Melissa Pritchard meaning messy life people Similar Authors Arthur Shearly Cripps short-story-writer Ivan Vladislavic short-story-writer Deborah Eisenberg short-story-writer Doris Betts short-story-writer Diriye Osman short-story-writer Deb Olin Unferth short-story-writer All Authors
