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Ron Rash Quotes

It’s a hard place this world can be. No wonder a baby cries coming in to it. Tears from the start Picture Quote #1

One thing’s sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get- children Picture Quote #1

You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn’t choose right, things got narrow real quick Picture Quote #1

What I’ve become convinced makes a writer are the days you hate it, the days you’d rather stick those pencils in your eyes. Sometimes I almost punish myself - if I’m not going be able to write, I’m not going be able to do anything else. I just sit there and wait Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I know what my characters are moving away from or toward; more often I just wait and see. For instance, though I knew Sinkler in ‘The Trusty’ was going for water, I did not know that he would meet a fetching young farm wife until I got him into her front yard Picture Quote #1

I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read ‘Crime and Punishment,’ and that book just, I think, more than any other book made me want to be a writer, ‘cause it was the first time that I hadn’t just entered a book, but a book had entered me Picture Quote #1

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I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and oral histories Picture Quote #1

I live in Cullowhee, North Carolina. That’s where I teach, at Western Carolina University. That region is where my family has lived for a long time and that region is my landscape Picture Quote #1

Intensely moving but never sentimental, Academy Street is a profound meditation on what Faulkner called ‘the human heart in conflict with itself’. In Tess Lohan, Mary Costello has created one of the most fully realized characters in contemporary fiction. What a marvel of a book Picture Quote #1

John Lane has long been recognized as one of the South’s finest poets and memoirists. This debut establishes him as one of our finest novelists as well. His poet’s eye for detail seamlessly merges with a born storyteller’s gift for narrative. Fate Moreland’s Widow gives voice to those who endured one of the most painful and neglected chapters in American history Picture Quote #1

Peter Geye has rendered the Minnesota north shore in all its stark, dangerous beauty, and it is the perfect backdrop for this deeply moving story of conflict and forgiveness. Safe from the Sea is a remarkable debut Picture Quote #1

Like Flannery O’Connor, McCorkle’s genius is to give us both philosophical speculation and a riveting narrative filled with unforgettable characters. Great writing, poignancy, humor, wisdom-all are in abundance here. Jill McCorkle is one of the South’s greatest writers; she is also one of America’s Picture Quote #1

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Don’t love anything that can be taken away Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t mind being a track and field coach Picture Quote #1

Faulkner came from my region and taught me how you could write about a place Picture Quote #1

A small profit it better than a big loss Picture Quote #1

Others can make us vulnerable and the sooner such vulnerabilities are dealt with the better Picture Quote #1

On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet even at this stage I’m often surprised. A different ending or a new character shows up and I’m back to where I began, letting the story happen, just trying to stay out of the way Picture Quote #1

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I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up one long row, then down another, and try not to look up too often to see how far you still have to go Picture Quote #1

I think that’s what I love about writing, is the ability to try to, in a sense, take a vacation from yourself and try to enter the sensibility of another time, another character, another place Picture Quote #1

One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible Picture Quote #1

A place where something so terrible had happened shouldn’t continue to exist in the world Picture Quote #1

You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn’t choose right, things got narrow real quick Picture Quote #1

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It’s a hard place this world can be. No wonder a baby cries coming in to it. Tears from the start (Ron Rash Quotes) One thing’s sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get- children (Ron Rash Quotes) You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn’t choose right, things got narrow real quick. (Ron Rash Quotes) What I’ve become convinced makes a writer are the days you hate it, the days you’d rather stick those pencils in your eyes. Sometimes I almost punish myself - if I’m not going be able to write, I’m not going be able to do anything else. I just sit there and wait (Ron Rash Quotes) Sometimes I know what my characters are moving away from or toward; more often I just wait and see. For instance, though I knew Sinkler in ‘The Trusty’ was going for water, I did not know that he would meet a fetching young farm wife until I got him into her front yard (Ron Rash Quotes) I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read ‘Crime and Punishment,’ and that book just, I think, more than any other book made me want to be a writer, ‘cause it was the first time that I hadn’t just entered a book, but a book had entered me (Ron Rash Quotes) I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and oral histories (Ron Rash Quotes) I live in Cullowhee, North Carolina. That’s where I teach, at Western Carolina University. That region is where my family has lived for a long time and that region is my landscape (Ron Rash Quotes) Intensely moving but never sentimental, Academy Street is a profound meditation on what Faulkner called ‘the human heart in conflict with itself’. In Tess Lohan, Mary Costello has created one of the most fully realized characters in contemporary fiction. What a marvel of a book (Ron Rash Quotes) John Lane has long been recognized as one of the South’s finest poets and memoirists. This debut establishes him as one of our finest novelists as well. His poet’s eye for detail seamlessly merges with a born storyteller’s gift for narrative. Fate Moreland’s Widow gives voice to those who endured one of the most painful and neglected chapters in American history (Ron Rash Quotes) Peter Geye has rendered the Minnesota north shore in all its stark, dangerous beauty, and it is the perfect backdrop for this deeply moving story of conflict and forgiveness. Safe from the Sea is a remarkable debut (Ron Rash Quotes) Like Flannery O’Connor, McCorkle’s genius is to give us both philosophical speculation and a riveting narrative filled with unforgettable characters. Great writing, poignancy, humor, wisdom-all are in abundance here. Jill McCorkle is one of the South’s greatest writers; she is also one of America’s (Ron Rash Quotes) Don’t love anything that can be taken away (Ron Rash Quotes) I wouldn’t mind being a track and field coach (Ron Rash Quotes) Faulkner came from my region and taught me how you could write about a place (Ron Rash Quotes) A small profit it better than a big loss (Ron Rash Quotes) Others can make us vulnerable and the sooner such vulnerabilities are dealt with the better (Ron Rash Quotes) On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet even at this stage I’m often surprised. A different ending or a new character shows up and I’m back to where I began, letting the story happen, just trying to stay out of the way (Ron Rash Quotes) I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up one long row, then down another, and try not to look up too often to see how far you still have to go (Ron Rash Quotes) I think that’s what I love about writing, is the ability to try to, in a sense, take a vacation from yourself and try to enter the sensibility of another time, another character, another place (Ron Rash Quotes) One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible (Ron Rash Quotes) A place where something so terrible had happened shouldn’t continue to exist in the world (Ron Rash Quotes) You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn’t choose right, things got narrow real quick (Ron Rash Quotes)