Our fears are an amazing gift of the imagination, a kind of everyday clairvoyance, a way of glimpsing what might be the future when there's still time to influence how that future will play out. Karen Thompson Walker More Quotes by Karen Thompson Walker More Quotes From Karen Thompson Walker I wake up fairly early every day, by 8, for sure. Sunday is a lighter writing day than the weekdays, but I still wake up and write for about an hour, beginning right around 8. I definitely have coffee first, and then I start writing. I do think it's kind of hard to get the right level of concentration without coffee. Karen Thompson Walker sunday coffee writing I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want to publish my book. Karen Thompson Walker opposites book years Shortly after the 2004 Indonesian earthquake, I read that the earthquake had affected the rotation of the earth, shortening the length of our 24-hour day. Even though the change was extremely slight - only a few microseconds - I found the idea incredibly haunting. Karen Thompson Walker haunting earthquakes ideas It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction. Karen Thompson Walker certain kind bravery We were a different kind of Christian, the quiet, reasonable kind, a breed embarrassed by the mention of miracles. Karen Thompson Walker miracle different christian It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty. Karen Thompson Walker looks fiction years In general, I think I'm quick to worry about disasters of all kinds. Karen Thompson Walker kind worry thinking If I read a scary story in the newspaper, I find I'm haunted by it. Karen Thompson Walker scary-stories newspapers ifs An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer. Karen Thompson Walker editors reader Even beauty, in abundance, turns creepy. Karen Thompson Walker abundance turns creepy Sometimes the saddest stories take the fewest words. Karen Thompson Walker saddest stories sometimes Some say that love is the sweetest feeling, the purest form of joy, but that isn't right. It's not love--it's relief. Karen Thompson Walker feelings joy love-is It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention. Karen Thompson Walker chance attention book But the past is long, and the future is short. Karen Thompson Walker long past Fear is ... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do. Karen Thompson Walker motivation knowing inspiration I really believe that fiction functions best when stories are allowed to develop in an organic way, so I didn't set out to deliver a specific message. Karen Thompson Walker stories believe fiction Nothing has happened to me out of the closet that was anywhere near as dangerous as being closeted. Karen Thompson Walker closets happened dangerous Sometimes death is proof of life. Sometimes decay points out a certain verve. Karen Thompson Walker proof decay sometimes I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions. Karen Thompson Walker mind writing morning I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write. Karen Thompson Walker writing feels book
