Quotes by Jonathan Carroll

About Jonathan Carroll:

Jonathan Samuel Carroll is an American fiction writer primarily known for novels that may be labelled magic realism, slipstream or contemporary fantasy. He has lived in Austria from the 1970s.
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People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.

Jonathan Carroll

When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted neither the editors nor the writers be specifically identified-only our student numbers appeared on the title page. I love that idea and still do.

Jonathan Carroll

Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.

Jonathan Carroll

I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.

Jonathan Carroll

If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.

Jonathan Carroll

It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman, for no reason other than to see how the world reacts to them.

Jonathan Carroll

Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.

Jonathan Carroll

Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination.

Jonathan Carroll

Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it.

Jonathan Carroll

I feel like a cliche.

Jonathan Carroll

Old people are often impatient, but for what?

Jonathan Carroll

Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.

Jonathan Carroll

There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.

Jonathan Carroll

At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.

Jonathan Carroll

I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.

Jonathan Carroll

I've never seen myself as a fantasy writer - ever.

Jonathan Carroll

People are always waiting to be discovered.

Jonathan Carroll

Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.

Jonathan Carroll

Why do people always gesture with their hands when they talk on the phone?

Jonathan Carroll

Dogs are minor angels, and I don't mean that facetiously. They love unconditionally, forgive immediately, are the truest of friends, willing to do anything that makes us happy, etcetera. If we attributed some of those qualities to a person we would s...

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Fear pounds on the door to our heart demanding to be let in. Joy is modest and often comes into our lives like a shy person entering a room; it can take a while to even notice it’s there.

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Author Bio

  • NameJonathan Carroll
  • Descriptionnovelist, short story writer
  • BornJanuary 26, 1949
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist