Changed Quote by Donald Ray Pollock Download Open image “I don't think writing fiction has changed my worldview.” — Donald Ray Pollock ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Changed Fiction Thinking Worldview Writing Writing fiction
I don't think writers change the past any more than other people do, except in so far as we may mine our lives and… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, writing takes me to another world. — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is an act of imagination and fantasizing, and it's not relating in prose what you've been doing for the last two or… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
When you write fiction, you're like a bird making a nest. You remember every little story ever told you. It's funny how things come… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
I think the one thing that's changed over time is that I've come to realise, as a fiction writer, the fact that I don't… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Writing fiction means putting a lot of what you believe about the world at risk, because you have to follow your characters. — Phil Klay Copy Share Image
It's a scary thing for fiction writers, when you're always writing from the point of view both as and for someone who is different. — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
“Strangers complained about the stench, but the locals liked to brag that it was the sweet smell of money.” — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I don't really think the outburst is recent; there have always been writers in Appalachia. — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Unless he had whiskey running through his veins, Willard came to the clearing every morning and evening to talk to God. Arvin didn't know… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
For example, if it's a sad scene, I need to feel that way, at least to a slight degree and for a short while,… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
As for how I feel about any success I've had, I just feel extremely lucky. Writing is a tough racket, and there are a… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Part of the reason might be that I was born in 1954 and I look upon my youth with great fondness, like many old… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I've never heard of that anthology [Vance Randolph, Pissing in the Snow], but you can be sure I'll buy it now. — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
When I first started out, I was trying to write stories about nurses and lawyers and a lot of people I didn't know anything… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“It's hard to live a good life...It seems like the Devil don't ever let up.” — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what the proper label might be, or the most accurate one, but someone once called my stuff Southern Ohio Gothic and… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I look upon [writing about religion] as a nice way to get by in this precarious world, though I've never been able to do… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
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