You learn every time you write a book, and then you take that new knowledge and experience into the next book. Hopefully, every time, you raise the bar. Ann Patchett Read Quote
The ’70s were a different time as far as parenting was concerned. People left their kids in the car with the windows cracked while they went to the grocery store. Ann Patchett Read Quote
Writing is an amazing place to hide, to go into the rabbit hole, and pull the trap door down over your head. Ann Patchett Read Quote
I’ve been writing the same book my whole life – that you’re in one family, and all of a sudden, you’re in another family, and it’s not your choice, and you can’t get out. Ann Patchett Read Quote
I have been shown so much kindness in my life, so for me to write books about good, kind people seems completely natural. Ann Patchett Read Quote
I’m disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people. Ann Patchett Read Quote