“She tried to teach her children to be positive--to dream but to also do it with their feet on the ground. If… — Jill McCorkle Children Copy Share Image
I feel very protective in the first draft, when all the pieces are coming together. I work in a way that is… — Jill McCorkle Begins Copy Share Image
I thought that we were all like trees, flexible youths, saplings, who grow up heavy and stiff, spread seeds and get chopped… — Jill McCorkle Down and Copy Share Image
“We used to all come outside when the streetlights came on and prowl the neighborhood in a pack, a herd of kids… — Jill McCorkle Bananas Copy Share Image
“...he was convinced that if he claimed all the parts he really loved he would be able to make peace with everything… — Jill McCorkle Peace Copy Share Image
For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to… — Jill McCorkle Big Copy Share Image
“When she doesn’t want to think about something sad or hurtful, she does what she instructed her own children and those she… — Jill McCorkle Close your eyes Copy Share Image
The silver friend knows your present and the gold friend knows all of your past dirt and glories. Once in a blue… — Jill McCorkle Accepting Copy Share Image
“It was 1965 and life seemed easier. Her parents were alive and so was her brother, her bones were hard and strong… — Jill McCorkle Dreams Copy Share Image
The first draft is all about freedom, and if loyalty is in question, it is only my loyalty to the characters and… — Jill McCorkle About Copy Share Image
My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is. — Jill McCorkle Around Copy Share Image
I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and… — Jill McCorkle Around Copy Share Image
For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction. — Jill McCorkle Felt Copy Share Image
It's one of the most basic laws of human nature, isn't it? The more we are denied something, the more we want… — Jill McCorkle Basic Copy Share Image
“It made me realize that Beatrice had changed; that she did not pull her wagon so much as she got taken for… — jill mccorkle Friendship Copy Share Image
“Make their exits as gentle and loving as possible...Tell them how good it will be, even if you don't believe it yourself.… — Jill McCorkle Death Copy Share Image
I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line… — Jill McCorkle Am Copy Share Image
“The simple rule: some get saved, but most don't. The choices are important before the years begin to go so very fast.” — Jill McCorkle Choice Copy Share Image
I once had a story editor ask me not to use the word 'placenta.' I wanted to say: 'Now tell me again… — Jill McCorkle Again Copy Share Image
“No one likes to talk about the positive parts of getting older and aging into orphanhood, how with your parents you often… — Jill McCorkle Aging Copy Share Image
I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to… — Jill McCorkle Always Copy Share Image
“finally she feels free - not perfect, not problem free, just free” — Jill McCorkle Freedom Copy Share Image
