All Tracy Kidder Quotes
- You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved. Become Involved
- My big struggle is how people can not care, erase, not remember. Big
- When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it. Believe
- I always want to write something better than the last book. Always Want
- I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why. Believe
- I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to… Alive
- I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read. Easily
- I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a… Book
- I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth… Beginning
- I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass. Clear
- I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam. Combat
- Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves… Amazing
- Curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder by going to a strip club is pretty strange. Club
- People say you cant teach writing, but I think thats nonsense. Cant
- What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives Catch
- I've gotta keep life and computers separate, or else I'm gonna go mad. Computer
- I'm going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season. Commune
- In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the… Basic
- The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression Combination
- Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in… Especially