People are always waiting to be discovered. Jonathan Carroll More Quotes by Jonathan Carroll More Quotes From Jonathan Carroll I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience. Jonathan Carroll dangerous writing trying Most men think they are good drivers. Most women think they are good in bed. They aren't. Jonathan Carroll bed men thinking I feel like a cliche. Jonathan Carroll cliche feels There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot. Jonathan Carroll triggers plot book 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 elimination discovery book Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way? Jonathan Carroll fascination what-if men Eating is sex for old people. Jonathan Carroll eating sex people Just write about what bites you and damn the rest. Jonathan Carroll bites damn writing 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 writing today thinking Ive never seen myself as a fantasy writer-ever. Jonathan Carroll fantasy The keys that unlock the heart are made of funny materials: a disarming phrase that comes out of the blue, nowhere, a certain sexy walk that sends you reeling, the way someone hums when she is alone. My father said it was the way my mother danced with him. Jonathan Carroll sexy mother father The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child. Jonathan Carroll smile glasses children If you are very lucky, you're allowed to be in certain places during just the right season of your life: by the sea for the summer when you're seven or eight and full of the absolute need to swim until dark and exhaustion close their hands together, cupping you in between. Jonathan Carroll eight summer dark I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now. Jonathan Carroll writing giving memories I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read. Jonathan Carroll gold Some people are like blue jeans- the older and more beat up they get, the better they look. Jonathan Carroll jeans blue people One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago. Jonathan Carroll perspective reality years Old people are often impatient, but for what? Jonathan Carroll old-people impatient people In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic. Jonathan Carroll crowds different fiction
