Facts Quote by Ron Carlson

The big secret is the ability to stay in the room.

— Ron Carlson

It is philosophically impossible to be an atheist, since to be an atheist you must have infinite knowledge in order to know absolutely that…

— Ron Carlson

Key to all fiction, long or short, is to remember that the wolfman did not want the moon.

— Ron Carlson

“I tell students, when in doubt, to title their story after the smallest concrete object in their story. I warn them off plays on…

— Ron Carlson

The men and women, the weapons, the deerhunt all make a huge and fragile danger in John Bolger's novel The Hunters. There is care…

— Ron Carlson

“I always write from my own experiences, whether I've had them or not.”

— Ron Carlson

The writer is the person who stays in the room.

— Ron Carlson

“I'm not trying as a writer to be smart or to understand the inner workings of my narrator, I'm trying to survive the typing…

— Ron Carlson

“The most important thing a writer can do after completing a sentence is to stay in the room. The great temptation is to leave…

— Ron Carlson

“I was young those nights, but I was getting over it.”

— Ron Carlson

Get down, get naked, get savage.

— Ron Carlson

“THE TABLECLOTH OF TURIN”

— Ron Carlson