Ann Patchett's Profile
Brief about Ann Patchett: By info that we know Ann Patchett was born at 1963-12-02. And also Ann Patchett is American Author.
Some Ann Patchett's quotes. Goto "Ann Patchett's quotation" section for more.I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens.
Tags: Beautiful, Book, GiveI can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list.
Tags: Sleep, Write, WritingI don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.
Tags: Book, Write, WritingI think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.
Tags: Become, Book, WritingPart of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature.
Tags: Living, Nature, TennesseePeople gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.
Tags: Bad, Time, WantedWrite because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
Tags: Art, Love, WritePraise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on.
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