56 quotes found
Novelist · American · 1956
American novelist (born 1956)
“Staying alive was what we did to pass the time.”
“some people are lonely for all the right reasons.”
“I've been fired five times for having a bad attitude.”
“Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.”
“I am almost a hundred years old; waiting for the end, and thinking about the beginning.There are things I need to tell you, but would you listen if I told you how quickly time passes?I know you are...”
“Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.”
“On the warm stone walls, climbing roses were just coming into bloom and great twisted branches of honeysuckle and clematis wrestled each other as they tumbled up and over the top of the wall. Again...”
“If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.”
“Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to ...”
“Time erodes us all.”
“The soldier had stamped my passport FAMILY in heavy black capital letters and I checked it now for reassurance and because I liked how fierce the word looked”
“We couldnt believe our luck, and for a little while it felt like we were on some big train rolling down a hill, and all we cared about was how great it felt to be going fast.”
“How had he got here? Only a few minutes ago he'd been a kid, riding his bike to school, collecting comics, doing homework and watching TV. Over the years, a few trappings of adulthood had insinuate...”
“He was a peculiar sight. Tears rolling down his face, shouting to drown the sound of the singing rabbit; he said he needed help, pointed to a chicken, handed over some money, grabbed his parcel and...”
“He didn't remember ever being less weird than he was right now. In fact, as far as he could tell he had always been more or less exactly as weird as this. if not more so.”
“And still the brain continues to yearn, continues to burn, foolishly, with desire. My old man's brain is mocked by a body that still longs to stretch in the sun and form a beautiful shape in someon...”
“How doe we define the energy of thought versus the energy of action.”
“When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how theyre standing, and what it feels like the first time they kiss. No one shows you. The ...”
“Gil has put his book down and is gazing at something inside his head.”
“Someday I'll understand more of these things. At the moment I just have to think them through. Not everything you want to know is explained properly on Google.”
“Look, I say. You can't just let your thoughts float around in the ether and hope eventually they'll connect with something. It's absurd.No, it's not, Gil says. Lots of good things happen that way. ...”
