In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fact! — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
It never ceases to amaze us that when we were in kindergarten they taught us that a frog turning into a prince was a nursery fairy tale, but when we got to college they told us that a frog turning… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
It is philosophically impossible to be an atheist, since to be an atheist you must have infinite knowledge in order to know absolutely that… — Ron Carlson Copy Share
Key to all fiction, long or short, is to remember that the wolfman did not want the moon. — Ron Carlson Copy Share
“I tell students, when in doubt, to title their story after the smallest concrete object in their story. I warn them off plays on… — Ron Carlson Copy Share
The men and women, the weapons, the deerhunt all make a huge and fragile danger in John Bolger's novel The Hunters. There is care… — Ron Carlson Copy Share
In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that… — Ron Carlson Copy Share
“I'm not trying as a writer to be smart or to understand the inner workings of my narrator, I'm trying to survive the typing… — Ron Carlson Copy Share
“The most important thing a writer can do after completing a sentence is to stay in the room. The great temptation is to leave… — Ron Carlson Copy Share
“We live in a society that doesn’t offer any support or appreciation for ventures that aren’t clearly articulated and aligned for a goal. A… — Ron Carlson Copy Share
It never ceases to amaze us that when we were in kindergarten they taught us that a frog turning into a prince was a… — Ron Carlson Copy Share
