"I think one of the great joys of being a writer is you can transcend everything, even your own sex, what century you live in, and how you think. I found it quite natural to think as a male because I actually think that as a female, one often thinks in the mind of a male in terms of eroticism. You think about what the other person feels. So it's not that hard to imagine being that person."

3 likes

Source: Author Rebecca Miller Talks Male Perspective, Piecing Together a Novel, and Fly Sex in Jacob's Folly. Interview with Kayla Tanenbaum, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2013.

About the author

Rebecca Miller

Filmmaker, Writer

Rebecca Miller is a filmmaker and author known for her insightful exploration of love and identity in works like 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.'

All quotes by Rebecca Miller →

Same author

More quotes by Rebecca Miller

See all →
Rebecca Miller Filmmaker, Writer

"I was an anorexic, beer drinking, class cutting, doodling, shoplifting, skater chick that was into nature, art class, and the beach."

Read quote
Rebecca Miller Filmmaker, Writer

"In a way, after you're done directing there is a sense of amnesia that washes over you, you can't exactly remember how you did things. It's a zone, just like an athlete, when they can't remember what they did, but somehow got it done."

Read quote
Rebecca Miller Filmmaker, Writer

"Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly."

Read quote