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> [It is philosophically impossible to be an atheist, since to be an atheist you must have infinite knowledge in order to know absolutely that there is no God. But to have infinite knowledge, you would have to be God yourself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/it-is-philosophically-impossible-to-be-an-atheist-since-to-be-an/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

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## More by Ron Carlson

> [The big secret is the ability to stay in the room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/the-big-secret-is-the-ability-to-stay-in-the-room/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [It is philosophically impossible to be an atheist, since to be an atheist you must have infinite knowledge in order to know absolutely that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/it-is-philosophically-impossible-to-be-an-atheist-since-to-be-an/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [Key to all fiction, long or short, is to remember that the wolfman did not want the moon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/key-to-all-fiction-long-or-short-is-to-remember-that-the-wolfman-did/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [“I tell students, when in doubt, to title their story after the smallest concrete object in their story. I warn them off plays on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/i-tell-students-when-in-doubt-to-title-their-story-after-the-smallest/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/the-men-and-women-the-weapons-the-deerhunt-all-make-a-huge-and/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/in-grammar-school-they-taught-me-that-a-frog-turning-into-a-prince/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [“I always write from my own experiences, whether I've had them or not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/i-always-write-from-my-own-experiences-whether-i-ve-had-them-or-not/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [The writer is the person who stays in the room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/the-writer-is-the-person-who-stays-in-the-room/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/i-m-not-trying-as-a-writer-to-be-smart-or-to-understand-the-inner/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [“The most important thing a writer can do after completing a sentence is to stay in the room. The great temptation is to leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/the-most-important-thing-a-writer-can-do-after-completing-a-sentence/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [“I was young those nights, but I was getting over it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/i-was-young-those-nights-but-i-was-getting-over-it/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [Get down, get naked, get savage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/get-down-get-naked-get-savage/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [“THE TABLECLOTH OF TURIN”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/the-tablecloth-of-turin/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/we-live-in-a-society-that-doesn-t-offer-any-support-or-appreciation/)

[Ron Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-carlson/)

> [It never ceases to amaze us that when we were in kindergarten they taught us that a frog turning into a prince was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-carlson/it-never-ceases-to-amaze-us-that-when-we-were-in-kindergarten-they/)

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