I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Even though I didn't know I was applying for the job, I have somehow become the spokesperson for independent book stores. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
You can't always trust what you think, what you know ... but you can always trust your nature. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I certainly have written a lot about police in my life, and it's not only something that I know about, but always… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I know where I'm going. And if I don't know where I'm going, I don't tend to get anywhere. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I think that people all grow up and have their same personalities, but you can say, "Oh, I can see the roots… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“Without worry to protect me, every thought that came into my mind received real attention.” — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“I wrote the last sentence of The Patron Saint of Liars in early April and stumbled out of my apartment and into the beautiful… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“In the future, he will try to say her name enough, but he never can.” — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“He was in love, and never had he felt such kindness towards another person.” — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
If I was a waitress, I was too tired at the end of the day when I came home to try to write. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“She didn't know how to hate her mother yet, but every time she left her father crying in the airport she came that much… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“When you think of love you think as an American. You must think like a Russian. It is a more expansive view.' 'Americans havea… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
