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.… — 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 Image
Key to all fiction, long or short, is to remember that the wolfman did not want the moon. — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“I always write from my own experiences, whether I've had them or not.” — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 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… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
