Pam Houston

“For a long time I thought the object of the game was identifying the question, love versus freedom, Mandela vs Buthelezi, leave…

— Pam Houston

I write really well on the road.

— Pam Houston

People are supposed to accumulate, I thought, as they get older, but I seem to be sloughing off, like a person wrapped…

— Pam Houston

“If a situation requires swearing to God it is — by definition — extreme.”

— Pam Houston

“what if you could have all the wisdom of a lifetime and still look like you looked when you were twenty-five' 'or…

— Pam Houston

Sometimes I'm writing for magazines on assignment, but the university has to be patient with me. I mean, during the ten-week periods…

— Pam Houston

For me, the shaping of the story is more important than accuracy.

— Pam Houston

“Writers, it is said, all carry a chip of ice in their hearts”

— Pam Houston

It would have been so perfectly ironic if I had been killed by the dog, because I was petting a dog who…

— Pam Houston

There are three principles to remember if you are to teach a human being anything, and they are consistency, consistency, consistency.They are…

— Pam Houston

“...the purser has something resembling joy in her voice when she welcomes us to San Francisco. 'I probably don't need to tell…

— Pam Houston