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title: "1 Trying Writer Quotes By Ron Carlson"
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> [“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 of this story.”](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/)

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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/)

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

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