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Ann Patchett Quotes

Ann Patchett quotes about writing

American Author December 2, 1963

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...writing stories was always a bit like falling in love with a stranger and running off to Marrakech for a long weekend. It didn't have to be successful to be thrilling. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because..."
Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something. Ann Patchett
I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone who won prizes, got published and was given the time and space to work, but someone who wrote as a course of life. Maybe writing wouldn't have any rewards. Maybe the salvation I would gain through work would only be emotional and intellectual. Wouldn't that be enough, to be a waitress who found an hour or two hidden in every day to write? Ann Patchett
Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "I will write my way into another life."
I will write my way into another life. Ann Patchett
Our friendship was like our writing in some ways. It was the only thing that was interesting about our otherwise dull lives. We were better off when we were together. Together we were a small society of ambition and high ideals. We were tender and patient and kind. We were not like the world at all. Ann Patchett
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
fiction writing is like duck hunting. You go to the right place at the right time with the right dog. You get into the water before dawn, wearing a little protective gear, then you stand behind some reeds and wait for the story to present itself...You choose the place and the day. You pick the gun and the dog. You have the desire to blow the duck apart for reasons that are entirely your own. But you have to be willing to accept not what you wanted to have happen, but what happens... By... Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "I think people become consumed with selling a book when they..."
I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book..."
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
Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft. If you want to write, practice writing. Ann Patchett
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
The more we are willing to separate from distraction and step into the open arms of boredom, the more writing will get on the page. Ann Patchett

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