Really, as a writer, I believe that if you’re going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable. John Grogan Read Quote
Certain people are not going to connect with a book about the effect a dog has on a family. But every one of us has parents and has either said goodbye to those parents or knows that someday they will. John Grogan Read Quote
Marley and Me’ was a book I was proud of and believed in, but I thought it would just have a modest audience because it is such a personal story about my marriage and my family. John Grogan Read Quote
I take a lot of satisfaction in trying to make my land as self-contained as possible, its own little mini environment. Minimal outputs; minimal inputs. John Grogan Read Quote
I confess to being a CNN junkie. And when I’m driving, it’s all NPR all the time. John Grogan Read Quote
I’m pathologically incapable of making decisions. Just ask my wife how long it took me to propose – on second thought, best not to bring it up. John Grogan Read Quote
I was keenly aware that everybody would have loved for me to do a close sequel or a spin-off to ‘Marley and Me.’ John Grogan Read Quote
Before moving to Pennsylvania in 1999, I played bass in a newsroom rock band in South Florida for several years. John Grogan Read Quote
Living organically is my way of feeling connected to the earth and my own humanity. It’s how I feel balanced and at peace with the planet. John Grogan Read Quote
I can’t solve the world’s problems, can’t even begin to contemplate them all. But on my little corner of Earth, I at least can try to live in a way that treads lightly. John Grogan Read Quote