I’ve got a publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt who’s been working little miracles for me, but it’s true the budgets aren’t what they once were in terms of advertisement and book tours. Patrick deWitt Read Quote
The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there’s no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social. Patrick deWitt Read Quote
I’ve always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I’m obsessed with it. Patrick deWitt Read Quote
The Sisters Brothers’ has endeared so many prize juries because the Western format has more of a broad appeal and is familiar to readers. Patrick deWitt Read Quote
If I were to continue to work in an established mode, it stands to reason the work would be limited by this – that it would never surpass the prior work in quality. Patrick deWitt Read Quote
I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while I’m no expert in these matters, this is proving to be true. My first book dealt with a not-that-pleasant degenerate type, and the One Question was, ‘Is this an autobiographical story?’ Patrick deWitt Read Quote
I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing. Patrick deWitt Read Quote
I haven’t read a lot of Westerns. But I wrote a Western. The influences were all cinematic. Patrick deWitt Read Quote
I’m never doing anything by rote. I’m only on thin ice, and I think that that’s a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great. Patrick deWitt Read Quote
