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title: "5 Journal Quotes By Elizabeth Crook"
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> [Angle of Repose is one of my favorite books. I fell in love with it in college. When I submitted The Night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/angle-of-repose-is-one-of-my-favorite-books-i-fell-in-love-with-it-in/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

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> [It took me ten years to write The Night Journal, so that was a big ordeal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/it-took-me-ten-years-to-write-the-night-journal-so-that-was-a-big/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

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> [As for whether genre considerations influence what I write, they don't at all, but I might sell more books if they did.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/as-for-whether-genre-considerations-influence-what-i-write-they-don-t/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

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> [The Night Journal received two awards that I'm terribly proud of - -the Spur from Western Writers of America, and the Willa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/the-night-journal-received-two-awards-that-i-m-terribly-proud-of-the/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

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> [I'd be a dope to compare my writing with Wallace Stegner's, but that book probably influenced me in ways I didn't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/i-d-be-a-dope-to-compare-my-writing-with-wallace-stegner-s-but-that/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

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## Other authors on Journal

## More by Elizabeth Crook

> [The defining aspects of westerns are still pretty much in place - namely landscape and conflict. In other books the conflict can be internal,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/the-defining-aspects-of-westerns-are-still-pretty-much-in-place/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [I'm halfway through a novel set in two time frames - Austin in the 1960's and Alpine (Texas) in present day. It started out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/i-m-halfway-through-a-novel-set-in-two-time-frames-austin-in-the-1960/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [Angle of Repose is one of my favorite books. I fell in love with it in college. When I submitted The Night Journal to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/angle-of-repose-is-one-of-my-favorite-books-i-fell-in-love-with-it-in/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [I think when you're a writer most of what you read influences you. The rhythms get into your head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/i-think-when-you-re-a-writer-most-of-what-you-read-influences-you-the/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [The author with the greatest influence on me is my friend Stephen Harrigan, who critiques everything I write before I even bother to show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/the-author-with-the-greatest-influence-on-me-is-my-friend-stephen/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [ I changed my hopes to being a singer \[when I was a child\] and sat around with my hair in my face droning Mac… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/i-changed-my-hopes-to-being-a-singer-when-i-was-a-child-and-sat/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [When I started escaping to a neighbor's house to watch what I darn well pleased, it turned out to be The Big Valley. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/when-i-started-escaping-to-a-neighbor-s-house-to-watch-what-i-darn/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [It seems like the Western genre has crept out of its casings during the last few years, and expanded to include books and movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/it-seems-like-the-western-genre-has-crept-out-of-its-casings-during/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [I got hooked on TV westerns back in the early sixties when I was about five, mostly because my brother was addicted to them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/i-got-hooked-on-tv-westerns-back-in-the-early-sixties-when-i-was/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [When I was six I wanted to be a ballerina. By the time I was eight I was fairly sure this plan wasn't panning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/when-i-was-six-i-wanted-to-be-a-ballerina-by-the-time-i-was-eight-i/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [It took me ten years to write The Night Journal, so that was a big ordeal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/it-took-me-ten-years-to-write-the-night-journal-so-that-was-a-big/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [I love the writers in Austin. We stick together. We all like each other and go to each other's book signings in case no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/i-love-the-writers-in-austin-we-stick-together-we-all-like-each-other/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [ \[My brother\] was older, and since the law of the west was fairly entrenched in our household, whoever was bigger got control of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/my-brother-was-older-and-since-the-law-of-the-west-was-fairly/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [I grew up thirty miles down the highway in San Marcos, and I've still got family there, so I guess I'm pretty well rooted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/i-grew-up-thirty-miles-down-the-highway-in-san-marcos-and-i-ve-still/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

> [As for whether genre considerations influence what I write, they don't at all, but I might sell more books if they did. The Night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-crook/as-for-whether-genre-considerations-influence-what-i-write-they-don-t/)

[Elizabeth Crook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-crook/)

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