{"quotes":[{"text":"I felt old. Again. It had been happening a lot lately. I did not live the life of an old lady, but I could hear it beckoning to me, like a mermaid on a rock.'— Michelle Tea, 'Paris: A.","author":"Clint Catalyst","tags":["aging","anthology","clint-catalyst","editors","experimental","first-person-narrative","lgbt-literature","michelle-tea","queer"],"id":6271,"author_id":"Clint+Catalyst"},{"text":"Of course, if I write a first-person novel about a woman writer, I am inviting every book reviewer to apply the autobiographical label -- to conclude that I am writing about myself. But one must never not write a certain kind of novel out of fear of what the reaction to it will be.","author":"John Irving","tags":["autobiographical","critics","first-person-narrative","writing-life"],"id":12074,"author_id":"John+Irving"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}