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Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett
American Author
Born: Dec 2, 1963
Me People Think Time Writing You
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
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
Life Writing Wife My Life Fluffy Teenager Say Wound Magazine Disastrous Most Pieces Well Always Were Up Being Being A Teenager Really Things Two
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
Great Me You Criticism Way Bad Exactly Minutes About Seem Ten Ten Minutes Thrilling Bad Review Crushing Operate Praise Go Review Get Same Same Level Either Really Level
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
Book Writing Will Before Think Finish Write Audience Sell Whether
Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something. Ann Patchett
Love Art You Discipline Looking Something Write Because Sell
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
Time Me People Dog Baby Gave Bad About Bad Time Still Want Wanted Wanting
In my life, I have met astonishingly good people. Ann Patchett
Life Good People Good People My Life Met
I think it's brain chemistry. I'm a positive, cheerful person, and I think it is absolutely the luck of the draw. I think the life I have had has come largely from the chemicals in my head. I see my life as good, and I think, a lot of times, if you see your life as good, then that's how it turns out. Ann Patchett
Positive Life Good You My Life Chemistry Luck Think Draw Out See Absolutely Had Head Come Cheerful Chemicals How Brain Lot Times Person Then Turns Your Largely
My favorite thing about Nashville is the parks. Ann Patchett
Favorite Favorite Thing About Parks Nashville Thing
Anyone who doesn't read doesn't have any business writing. Ann Patchett
Business Writing Read Any Anyone Who
I don't really cry. Ann Patchett
Cry Really
I don't know how to write a novel in the world of cellphones. I don't know how to write a novel in the world of Google, in which all factual information is available to all characters. So I have to stand on my head to contrive a plot in which the characters lose their cellphone and are separated from technology. Ann Patchett
Technology World Google Lose Plot Characters Write Factual Head Know How Contrive Information Which Available Separated Stand Novel
I'd like to read all of Proust. Ann Patchett
Like Read Proust
I believe I can solve others' problems. It's great when it works, but for the most part, it's very unappealing. Ann Patchett
Great Problems Believe Others Solve Part Most Very Works
In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention. Ann Patchett
Experience Tend Attention Need
My father was a police officer in Los Angeles. Ann Patchett
Police Father Angeles Police Officer Los Los Angeles Officer
I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people. Ann Patchett
People Three Only Disappointed Deal Well-Written Novels Two
My degree of closeness to my step-siblings varies among the seven, but I have a great sense of loyalty to all of them, especially the four from my childhood. If those people needed my help, I would be there for them. Ann Patchett
Great Loyalty People Degree Sense Seven Those Would Would-Be Varies Great Sense Closeness Childhood Them Help Among Four Needed
I have been shown so much kindness in my life, so for me to write books about good, kind people seems completely natural. Ann Patchett
Life Kindness Good Me Natural People My Life Books Kind About Seems Write Been Much Shown
I go through long periods of time when I don't write, and I'm fine. Ann Patchett
Time Long Fine Through Write Long Periods Periods Go

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