It is philosophically impossible to be an atheist, since to be an atheist you must have infinite knowledge in order to know… — Ron Carlson Atheist Copy Share Image
Key to all fiction, long or short, is to remember that the wolfman did not want the moon. — Ron Carlson Fiction Copy Share Image
“I tell students, when in doubt, to title their story after the smallest concrete object in their story. I warn them off… — Ron Carlson Life Copy Share Image
The men and women, the weapons, the deerhunt all make a huge and fragile danger in John Bolger's novel The Hunters. There… — Ron Carlson Book Copy Share Image
In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught… — Ron Carlson Facts Copy Share Image
“I always write from my own experiences, whether I've had them or not.” — Ron Carlson Writing Copy Share Image
“I'm not trying as a writer to be smart or to understand the inner workings of my narrator, I'm trying to survive… — Ron Carlson Writing Copy Share Image
“The most important thing a writer can do after completing a sentence is to stay in the room. The great temptation is… — Ron Carlson Writing Copy Share Image
“We live in a society that doesn’t offer any support or appreciation for ventures that aren’t clearly articulated and aligned for a… — Ron Carlson Fiction Copy Share Image
It never ceases to amaze us that when we were in kindergarten they taught us that a frog turning into a prince… — Ron Carlson Cease Copy Share Image
“It is not my job to explain the story or understand the story or reduce it to a phrase or offer it… — Ron Carlson Bad guy Copy Share Image
Idolatry is not simply worshiping a stone image; idolatry is any concept of God that reduces Him to less than who He… — Ron Carlson Concepts Copy Share Image
The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which… — Ron Carlson Ambiguity Copy Share Image
“Can writing ever be taught? The best answer to that was given obliquely by the rock musician David Lee Roth. When asked… — Ron Carlson Happiness Copy Share Image
I always write about my own experiences, whether I've had them or not. — Ron Carlson Funny Copy Share Image
