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Ann Patchett Quotes

I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It’s a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens Picture Quote #1

You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no Picture Quote #1

The Swedish he knew was mostly from Bergman films. He had learned it as a college student, matching the subtitles to the sounds. In Swedish, he could only converse on the darkest of subjects Picture Quote #1

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps Picture Quote #1

I think of Nashville as a very natural place. We’re easy going, we are ourselves. There isn’t a lot of preening or trying to impress. So it’s an easy place to just be and that is a good state from which to write Picture Quote #1

Reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside the point. The reader and the book have their own relationship now, and should be left alone to work things out for themselves Picture Quote #1

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Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon Picture Quote #1

I always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody Picture Quote #1

I don’t write for an audience, I don’t think whether my book will sell, I don’t sell it before I finish writing it Picture Quote #1

People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn’t want a baby, and I still don’t. I wanted a dog Picture Quote #1

Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it’s really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it’s really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on Picture Quote #1

You can’t be a good person when you’re writing and a bad person to your husband or a bad friend Picture Quote #1

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Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings Picture Quote #1

Sometimes love does not have the most honorable beginnings, and the endings, the endings will break you in half. It’s everything in between we live for Picture Quote #1

This is my job, my livelihood: the health and the well-being of the publishing industry. We’re all responsible for this Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe in fate, as in, which I - as a Catholic, I think, sort of predestination. But I certainly believe in chance Picture Quote #1

I am not mature enough as a reader to enjoy a book in which I hate all the people Picture Quote #1

I think, if you want to grow a novelist, for that person to have a lot of boring time trying to entertain themselves is very important Picture Quote #1

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You can’t say, I’m too busy writing to be political. You are one person Picture Quote #1

Society was nothing but a long, dull dinner party conversation in which one was forced to speak to one’s partner on both the left and the right Picture Quote #1

To say it was a beautiful day would not begin to explain it. It was that day when the end of summer intersects perfectly with the start of fall .... [p.218 ff.] Picture Quote #1

The hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn’t anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote Picture Quote #1

I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it’s like writing a grocery list Picture Quote #1

Running, the music flew into him, became the wind that pushed back his hair and the slap of his own feet on the pavement Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined Picture Quote #1

You are always someones favorite unfolding story Picture Quote #1

Love was action. It came to you. It was not a choice Picture Quote #1

I wanted to eat her pain, take it into me and make it my own Picture Quote #1

Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized Picture Quote #1

She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room Picture Quote #1

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I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It’s a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens (Ann Patchett Quotes) You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no (Ann Patchett Quotes) The Swedish he knew was mostly from Bergman films. He had learned it as a college student, matching the subtitles to the sounds. In Swedish, he could only converse on the darkest of subjects (Ann Patchett Quotes) Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps (Ann Patchett Quotes) I think of Nashville as a very natural place. We’re easy going, we are ourselves. There isn’t a lot of preening or trying to impress. So it’s an easy place to just be and that is a good state from which to write (Ann Patchett Quotes) Reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside the point. The reader and the book have their own relationship now, and should be left alone to work things out for themselves (Ann Patchett Quotes) Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon. (Ann Patchett Quotes) I always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody. (Ann Patchett Quotes) I don’t write for an audience, I don’t think whether my book will sell, I don’t sell it before I finish writing it. (Ann Patchett Quotes) People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn’t want a baby, and I still don’t. I wanted a dog. (Ann Patchett Quotes) Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it’s really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it’s really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on. (Ann Patchett Quotes) You can’t be a good person when you’re writing and a bad person to your husband or a bad friend. (Ann Patchett Quotes) Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. (Ann Patchett Quotes) Sometimes love does not have the most honorable beginnings, and the endings, the endings will break you in half. It’s everything in between we live for. (Ann Patchett Quotes) This is my job, my livelihood: the health and the well-being of the publishing industry. We’re all responsible for this. (Ann Patchett Quotes) I don’t believe in fate, as in, which I - as a Catholic, I think, sort of predestination. But I certainly believe in chance. (Ann Patchett Quotes) I am not mature enough as a reader to enjoy a book in which I hate all the people (Ann Patchett Quotes) I think, if you want to grow a novelist, for that person to have a lot of boring time trying to entertain themselves is very important. (Ann Patchett Quotes) You can’t say, I’m too busy writing to be political. You are one person. (Ann Patchett Quotes) Society was nothing but a long, dull dinner party conversation in which one was forced to speak to one’s partner on both the left and the right. (Ann Patchett Quotes) To say it was a beautiful day would not begin to explain it. It was that day when the end of summer intersects perfectly with the start of fall .... [p.218 ff.] (Ann Patchett Quotes) The hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn’t anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote. (Ann Patchett Quotes) I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it’s like writing a grocery list. (Ann Patchett Quotes) Running, the music flew into him, became the wind that pushed back his hair and the slap of his own feet on the pavement. (Ann Patchett Quotes) Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined. (Ann Patchett Quotes) You are always someones favorite unfolding story (Ann Patchett Quotes) Love was action. It came to you. It was not a choice (Ann Patchett Quotes) I wanted to eat her pain, take it into me and make it my own (Ann Patchett Quotes) Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized (Ann Patchett Quotes) She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room (Ann Patchett Quotes)

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