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# Jill McCorkle

(1958)   Writer   United States

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Jill McCorkle is a writer from the United States, best known for *The Cheer Leader: a novel*.

## Quick Facts About Jill McCorkle

Born July 7, 1958

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works The Cheer Leader: a novel

## About Jill McCorkle

Jill Collins McCorkle is an American short story writer and novelist.

## Awards & Honors

North Carolina Award for Literature

##  Quotes by Jill McCorkle

> [I like to think I put some of myself in every character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-like-to-think-i-put-some-of-myself-in-every-character/)

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> [There is a choice to make, a chance to take.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/there-is-a-choice-to-make-a-chance-to-take/)

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[Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chance/)

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> [Humor - I see it as a survival skill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/humor-i-see-it-as-a-survival-skill/)

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[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

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> [You will never be as smart as your subconscious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/you-will-never-be-as-smart-as-your-subconscious/)

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[Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/)

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> [“finally she feels free - not perfect, not problem free, just free”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/finally-she-feels-free-not-perfect-not-problem-free-just-free/)

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> [By the time I sit down ready to write, I've done a lot of longhand and a lot of note collecting along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/by-the-time-i-sit-down-ready-to-write-i-ve-done-a-lot-of-longhand-and/)

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[Along](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/along/)

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> [I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-am-very-interested-in-that-fine-line-between-fiction-and-reality/)

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[Am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/am/)

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> [“It made me realize that Beatrice had changed; that she did not pull her wagon so much as she got taken for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/it-made-me-realize-that-beatrice-had-changed-that-she-did-not-pull/)

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> [For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/for-years-i-felt-i-was-a-novelist-but-now-i-know-i-can-write-short/)

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[Felt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt/)

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> [“The simple rule: some get saved, but most don't. The choices are important before the years begin to go so very fast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/the-simple-rule-some-get-saved-but-most-don-t-the-choices-are/)

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[Choice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choice/)

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> [“The pain of losing people you love is the price of the ticket for getting to know them at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/the-pain-of-losing-people-you-love-is-the-price-of-the-ticket-for/)

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[Losing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/losing/)

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> [Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/sometimes-i-do-feel-like-i-write-the-same-story-again-and-again-and/)

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> [I think too many people edit themselves way too soon. There's plenty of time to edit, and it is a crucial part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-think-too-many-people-edit-themselves-way-too-soon-there-s-plenty/)

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> [Steve Yarbrough is a masterful storyteller-one of our finest-and Safe from the Neighbors is a masterpiece. . . . This is a spellbinding, powerful novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/steve-yarbrough-is-a-masterful-storyteller-one-of-our-finest-and-safe/)

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> [I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-was-with-my-dad-20-years-ago-as-he-was-dying-i-was-there-at-the/)

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> [“They were such an unlikely couple and there is such power in the relationship that never takes place in a permanent way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/they-were-such-an-unlikely-couple-and-there-is-such-power-in-the/)

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> [“When she doesn’t want to think about something sad or hurtful, she does what she instructed her own children and those she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/when-she-doesn-t-want-to-think-about-something-sad-or-hurtful-she/)

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> [You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/you-want-to-feel-that-your-reader-does-identify-with-the-characters/)

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> [“Make their exits as gentle and loving as possible...Tell them how good it will be, even if you don't believe it yourself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/make-their-exits-as-gentle-and-loving-as-possible-tell-them-how-good/)

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> [I thought that we were all like trees, flexible youths, saplings, who grow up heavy and stiff, spread seeds and get chopped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-thought-that-we-were-all-like-trees-flexible-youths-saplings-who/)

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> [It's one of the most basic laws of human nature, isn't it? The more we are denied something, the more we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/it-s-one-of-the-most-basic-laws-of-human-nature-isn-t-it-the-more-we/)

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> [“We used to all come outside when the streetlights came on and prowl the neighborhood in a pack, a herd of kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/we-used-to-all-come-outside-when-the-streetlights-came-on-and-prowl/)

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[Bananas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bananas/)

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> [I feel very protective in the first draft, when all the pieces are coming together. I work in a way that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-feel-very-protective-in-the-first-draft-when-all-the-pieces-are/)

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> [“It was 1965 and life seemed easier. Her parents were alive and so was her brother, her bones were hard and strong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/it-was-1965-and-life-seemed-easier-her-parents-were-alive-and-so-was/)

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[Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/)

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> [If a nuclear disaster occurred, and you had to live out those final painful days just stretched out somewhere thinking about your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/if-a-nuclear-disaster-occurred-and-you-had-to-live-out-those-final/)

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> [Certainly if I were to think in terms of a field that would have required a different mode of education, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/certainly-if-i-were-to-think-in-terms-of-a-field-that-would-have/)

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[Architect](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/architect/)

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> [My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/my-joy-as-a-writer-is-circling-around-and-around-and-down-and-down-to/)

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> [Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/building-a-dollhouse-is-a-lot-like-writing-a-novel-because-you-are/)

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> [“...he was convinced that if he claimed all the parts he really loved he would be able to make peace with everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/he-was-convinced-that-if-he-claimed-all-the-parts-he-really-loved-he/)

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> [“No one likes to talk about the positive parts of getting older and aging into orphanhood, how with your parents you often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/no-one-likes-to-talk-about-the-positive-parts-of-getting-older-and/)

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> [I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-always-tell-my-students-if-you-walk-around-with-your-eyes-and-ears/)

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> [The first draft is all about freedom, and if loyalty is in question, it is only my loyalty to the characters and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/the-first-draft-is-all-about-freedom-and-if-loyalty-is-in-question-it/)

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> [For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/for-me-a-happy-ending-is-not-everything-works-out-just-right-and/)

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> [“She tried to teach her children to be positive--to dream but to also do it with their feet on the ground. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/she-tried-to-teach-her-children-to-be-positive-to-dream-but-to-also/)

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> [I think that marriage vows should include an escape clause that says the contract is broken if one party ups and makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-think-that-marriage-vows-should-include-an-escape-clause-that-says/)

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> [I once had a story editor ask me not to use the word 'placenta.' I wanted to say: 'Now tell me again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-once-had-a-story-editor-ask-me-not-to-use-the-word-placenta-i/)

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> [One day, when my son was eight, he came into the kitchen while I was cooking and said: 'You put bad words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/one-day-when-my-son-was-eight-he-came-into-the-kitchen-while-i-was/)

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> [By limiting or denying freedom of speech and expression, we take away a lot of potential. We take away thoughts and ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/by-limiting-or-denying-freedom-of-speech-and-expression-we-take-away/)

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> [The silver friend knows your present and the gold friend knows all of your past dirt and glories. Once in a blue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/the-silver-friend-knows-your-present-and-the-gold-friend-knows-all-of/)

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