Ann Packer
Ann Packer
Ann Elizabeth Packer MBEis an English former sprinter, hurdler and long jumper. She won a gold medal in the 800 metres and a silver in the 400 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
Ann Packer quotes about
again fascinates trauma
I did have imprinted on me the idea of trauma that changes things dramatically and suddenly. As a writer, I return to that again and again because it fascinates me, and it's where I come from, in a sense.
believe
Read everything! I believe that reading made me a writer.
Some weeks there's no writing, and some weeks are full of writing.
Yes, I do sew. I started when I was around 8 or 9 and have been doing it off and on since then.
conditions discovered needing particular
I write pretty much when I can. I used to be very particular about needing certain conditions for writing, but when I had children, I discovered that I was a lot more flexible than I thought.
attention books clubs nice talking
I'm happy to see book clubs on TV. Talking about books has always been an important and invigorating part of reading them, and it's nice that that is getting attention from the media.
add cope love owe people
How much do we owe the people we love? Now I would add a follow-up question: How do we cope with the fact that we can't necessarily give the people we love what they need?
hard
The hard thing for me is to say no to people.