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Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes

Donkeys are the most misunderstood and abused animals around the world Picture Quote #1

I have a second-degree black belt in Okinawan kobudo weapons training Picture Quote #1

Time is never wasted coming to an old man bar Picture Quote #1

People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction Picture Quote #1

Being five-foot-ten at fourteen years old was a little bit scary Picture Quote #1

Eighty percent of all novels are bought by women, or so I’ve heard Picture Quote #1

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The truth is I tried to write for years and I wasn’t very good Picture Quote #1

When I was little, we lived on 8 acres and my mom had a horse. But when I was 7, my mom kicked my dad out, and then in order to feed us five kids, she got critters cheap or for free and raised them for food. We milked a cow, raised chickens, pigs and beef cattle. We heated our one-story house with wood and stayed cold all winter Picture Quote #1

My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They’re very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually cautiousness Picture Quote #1

Where I live you’re not supposed to shoot a firearm within a quarter mile of a dwelling Picture Quote #1

I was never a big reader as a kid. My imagination wasn’t captured by books very often. It was captured more often by boys and partying and riding horses Picture Quote #1

In a regular class I don’t focus on the form, but I think that focus is helpful for brainstorming and coming up with ideas quickly, especially with autobiographical material Picture Quote #1

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For ‘King Cole’s American Salvage,’ I rode around in the wrecker with a local driver and watched him deal with customers and hook up the cars. I watched the guy who tore apart the cars in the junkyard. I also wrote poems about those guys. I loved hanging around the yard Picture Quote #1

I read stories aloud at every stage. I listen to my writer friends when they kindly offer criticism. I listen to my husband when he tells me something doesn’t seem right. I have my mother’s boyfriend, Loring Janes, read to make sure I get everything right with the machines and guns Picture Quote #1

I’ve worked behind counters serving food, and I’ve lived on the circus train, and I’ve led bicycle tours in Eastern Europe and the Balkans and Russia. I’ve been a key liner for a newspaper, I’ve done typesetting. Oh, all sorts of things Picture Quote #1

That’s where I live, a junkyard in a neighborhood of junkyards. We have three tractors from the 1940s and 50s, several old pickup trucks, and a pile of scrap metal Picture Quote #1

Nobody tells young writers it’s okay if you’re not very good, you’ll get better. So I just thought I’m not very good, so I should try to do every other thing besides writing. That’s how I ended up being a hitchhiker, a world traveler, and a mathematician Picture Quote #1

You can’t beat a good sonnet, and you can write a sonnet without being married to the damned thing Picture Quote #1

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I was never a big reader as a kid. My imagination wasn’t captured by books very often. It was captured more often by boys and partying and riding horses Picture Quote #1

Drugs and drinking affect every family I know, country and city, middle-class and poor Picture Quote #1

In a regular class I don’t focus on the form, but I think that focus is helpful for brainstorming and coming up with ideas quickly, especially with autobiographical material Picture Quote #1

I enjoy shooting. Around where I live, it’s something you do for entertainment once in a while, you go out and shoot targets Picture Quote #1

I realized that I was writing about folks with lots of skills, especially fix-it skills and survival skills, who were nonetheless not doing well in the new-millennium America Picture Quote #1

My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They’re very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually cautiousness Picture Quote #1

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The best and easiest lesson for me was to learn that writing is mostly hard work Picture Quote #1

I think back when I was kind of a crappy writer, I really did know my time was better spent working and having adventures and seeing the world Picture Quote #1

I grew up with donkeys, as well as horses, but I’m more interested in donkeys Picture Quote #1

I loved writing for the school newspaper. I liked to report and interview people, but I really liked to write columns, funny columns Picture Quote #1

I was unhappy and I couldn’t figure out what was the matter. And he told me to go take a writing course. And I didn’t even know that one could learn to write in writing courses Picture Quote #1

I thought that you had to learn to write by yourself and if you couldn’t do it, then you were out of luck Picture Quote #1

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Donkeys are the most misunderstood and abused animals around the world (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I have a second-degree black belt in Okinawan kobudo weapons training (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) Time is never wasted coming to an old man bar (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) Being five-foot-ten at fourteen years old was a little bit scary (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) Eighty percent of all novels are bought by women, or so I’ve heard (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) The truth is I tried to write for years and I wasn’t very good (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) When I was little, we lived on 8 acres and my mom had a horse. But when I was 7, my mom kicked my dad out, and then in order to feed us five kids, she got critters cheap or for free and raised them for food. We milked a cow, raised chickens, pigs and beef cattle. We heated our one-story house with wood and stayed cold all winter (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They’re very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually cautiousness (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) Where I live you’re not supposed to shoot a firearm within a quarter mile of a dwelling (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I was never a big reader as a kid. My imagination wasn’t captured by books very often. It was captured more often by boys and partying and riding horses (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) In a regular class I don’t focus on the form, but I think that focus is helpful for brainstorming and coming up with ideas quickly, especially with autobiographical material (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) For ‘King Cole’s American Salvage,’ I rode around in the wrecker with a local driver and watched him deal with customers and hook up the cars. I watched the guy who tore apart the cars in the junkyard. I also wrote poems about those guys. I loved hanging around the yard (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I read stories aloud at every stage. I listen to my writer friends when they kindly offer criticism. I listen to my husband when he tells me something doesn’t seem right. I have my mother’s boyfriend, Loring Janes, read to make sure I get everything right with the machines and guns (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I’ve worked behind counters serving food, and I’ve lived on the circus train, and I’ve led bicycle tours in Eastern Europe and the Balkans and Russia. I’ve been a key liner for a newspaper, I’ve done typesetting. Oh, all sorts of things (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) That’s where I live, a junkyard in a neighborhood of junkyards. We have three tractors from the 1940s and 50s, several old pickup trucks, and a pile of scrap metal (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) Nobody tells young writers it’s okay if you’re not very good, you’ll get better. So I just thought I’m not very good, so I should try to do every other thing besides writing. That’s how I ended up being a hitchhiker, a world traveler, and a mathematician (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) You can’t beat a good sonnet, and you can write a sonnet without being married to the damned thing. (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I was never a big reader as a kid. My imagination wasn’t captured by books very often. It was captured more often by boys and partying and riding horses. (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) Drugs and drinking affect every family I know, country and city, middle-class and poor (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) In a regular class I don’t focus on the form, but I think that focus is helpful for brainstorming and coming up with ideas quickly, especially with autobiographical material. (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I enjoy shooting. Around where I live, it’s something you do for entertainment once in a while, you go out and shoot targets. (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I realized that I was writing about folks with lots of skills, especially fix-it skills and survival skills, who were nonetheless not doing well in the new-millennium America. (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They’re very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually cautiousness. (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) The best and easiest lesson for me was to learn that writing is mostly hard work (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I think back when I was kind of a crappy writer, I really did know my time was better spent working and having adventures and seeing the world. (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I grew up with donkeys, as well as horses, but I’m more interested in donkeys (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I loved writing for the school newspaper. I liked to report and interview people, but I really liked to write columns, funny columns (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I was unhappy and I couldn’t figure out what was the matter. And he told me to go take a writing course. And I didn’t even know that one could learn to write in writing courses (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes) I thought that you had to learn to write by yourself and if you couldn’t do it, then you were out of luck (Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes)

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