My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting. — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it. — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it. — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic. — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
At the age of seventeen, I decided I would spend my life writing fiction. I didn't know what this entailed, exactly -… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
The nice thing about writing at home is that it's almost as though I'm doing it already. I get out of bed… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about writing is you can take essentially painful things in your life and turn them into something… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
All the books I was reading as a teenager were about individuals having adventures. So I thought that was what writers were… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
I've been surprised at how much an unknown like myself can accomplish just by reaching out to people and pleading my case.… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
“I had nowhere to go and did not wish to be seen by anyone for fear they would recognize my sadness and so for… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
“Beware of the plygs of Colorado City, Arizona. They have no cups of coffee for the likes of you.” — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
The nice thing about writing at home is that it's almost as though I'm doing it already. I get out of bed thinking of… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think that art should be for everyone. And… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
I carry a small spiral notebook with me at all times and have been doing this for many years. There's a shoe box in… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
'The Sisters Brothers' started out as a little bit of dialogue between these two men who became Eli and Charlie Sisters. — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation. — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in westerns, or there's a minimal amount of… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of craftsmanship, I can't help but… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years. — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
“You are afraid of hell. But that’s all religion is, really. Fear of a place we’d rather not be, and where there’s no such… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
I've been surprised at how much an unknown like myself can accomplish just by reaching out to people and pleading my case. Quotes for… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share
