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Peter Carey Quotes

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It’s not really any very heady fame Picture Quote #1

At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, that’s enough. I can’t do any more. At the end of the day I might tinker with my morning’s work and maybe write some again. But I think three hours is fine Picture Quote #1

I think that thing about the destruction of the world is there all the time, it’s there every day when we look out the window Picture Quote #1

I don’t need new boots I got bluchers back down home. Eff the effing bluchers I’ll buy you new adjectival effing elastic sided boots Picture Quote #1

Writers are always envious, mean-minded, filled with rage and envyat other’s good fortune. There is nothing like the failure of a close friend to cheer us up Picture Quote #1

I went to work in 1962, and by 64 I was writing all the time, every night and every weekend. It didn’t occur to me that, having read nothing and knowing nothing, I was in no position to write a book Picture Quote #1

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I thought I would be an organic chemist. I went off to university, and when I couldn’t understand the chemistry lectures I decided that I would be a zoologist, because zoologists seemed like life-loving people Picture Quote #1

I don’t separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they’re all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past Picture Quote #1

And it’s always possible that you will not get a nice review. So - and that’s enraging of course, to get a bad review, you can’t talk back, and it’s sort of shaming in a way Picture Quote #1

I had known loneliness before, and emptiness upon the moor, but I had never been a NOTHING, a nothing floating on a nothing, known by nothing, lonelier and colder than the space between the stars. It was more frightening than being dead Picture Quote #1

I like how they are. I think they’re great. and their communities are communities. I have a greater sense of community in New York than almost anywhere I’ve ever lived. Really, it’s terrific Picture Quote #1

To know you will be lonely is not the same as being lonely Picture Quote #1

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People do not love those whose eyes show that they are somewhere else Picture Quote #1

Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry Picture Quote #1

All our heroes, all our great stories are about failure Picture Quote #1

Swimming always cleans your soul Picture Quote #1

Then I fell in love and everything went to hell Picture Quote #1

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent Picture Quote #1

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The declared meaning of a spoken sentence is only its overcoat, and the real meaning lies underneath its scarves and buttons Picture Quote #1

You could not tell a story like this. A story like this you could only feel Picture Quote #1

If you ever read one of my books I hope you’ll think it looks so easy. In fact, I wrote those chapters 20 times over, and over, and over, and that if you want to write at a good level, you’ll have to do that too Picture Quote #1

I did not know that history is like a blood stain that keeps on showing on the wall no matter how many new owners take possession, no matter how many times we pint over it Picture Quote #1

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It’s not really any very heady fame Picture Quote #1

At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, that’s enough. I can’t do any more. At the end of the day I might tinker with my morning’s work and maybe write some again. But I think three hours is fine Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think you have the right to shout about other people’s private life Picture Quote #1

The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows Picture Quote #1

So in the first draft, I’m inventing people and place with a broad schematic idea of what’s going to happen. In the process, of course, I discover all sorts of bigger and more substantial things Picture Quote #1

One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don’t permit you to do that Picture Quote #1

Nostalgia is something we think of as fuzzy. But it’s pain. Pain concerning the past Picture Quote #1

My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the world before Picture Quote #1

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Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It’s not really any very heady fame. (Peter Carey Quotes) At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, that’s enough. I can’t do any more. At the end of the day I might tinker with my morning’s work and maybe write some again. But I think three hours is fine. (Peter Carey Quotes) I think that thing about the destruction of the world is there all the time, it’s there every day when we look out the window. (Peter Carey Quotes) I don’t need new boots I got bluchers back down home. Eff the effing bluchers I’ll buy you new adjectival effing elastic sided boots (Peter Carey Quotes) Writers are always envious, mean-minded, filled with rage and envyat other’s good fortune. There is nothing like the failure of a close friend to cheer us up (Peter Carey Quotes) I went to work in 1962, and by 64 I was writing all the time, every night and every weekend. It didn’t occur to me that, having read nothing and knowing nothing, I was in no position to write a book (Peter Carey Quotes) I thought I would be an organic chemist. I went off to university, and when I couldn’t understand the chemistry lectures I decided that I would be a zoologist, because zoologists seemed like life-loving people (Peter Carey Quotes) I don’t separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they’re all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past (Peter Carey Quotes) And it’s always possible that you will not get a nice review. So - and that’s enraging of course, to get a bad review, you can’t talk back, and it’s sort of shaming in a way (Peter Carey Quotes) I had known loneliness before, and emptiness upon the moor, but I had never been a NOTHING, a nothing floating on a nothing, known by nothing, lonelier and colder than the space between the stars. It was more frightening than being dead (Peter Carey Quotes) I like how they are. I think they’re great. and their communities are communities. I have a greater sense of community in New York than almost anywhere I’ve ever lived. Really, it’s terrific (Peter Carey Quotes) To know you will be lonely is not the same as being lonely (Peter Carey Quotes) People do not love those whose eyes show that they are somewhere else (Peter Carey Quotes) Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry (Peter Carey Quotes) All our heroes, all our great stories are about failure (Peter Carey Quotes) Swimming always cleans your soul (Peter Carey Quotes) Then I fell in love and everything went to hell (Peter Carey Quotes) Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent (Peter Carey Quotes) The declared meaning of a spoken sentence is only its overcoat, and the real meaning lies underneath its scarves and buttons (Peter Carey Quotes) You could not tell a story like this. A story like this you could only feel (Peter Carey Quotes) If you ever read one of my books I hope you’ll think it looks so easy. In fact, I wrote those chapters 20 times over, and over, and over, and that if you want to write at a good level, you’ll have to do that too (Peter Carey Quotes) I did not know that history is like a blood stain that keeps on showing on the wall no matter how many new owners take possession, no matter how many times we pint over it (Peter Carey Quotes) Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It’s not really any very heady fame (Peter Carey Quotes) At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, that’s enough. I can’t do any more. At the end of the day I might tinker with my morning’s work and maybe write some again. But I think three hours is fine (Peter Carey Quotes) I don’t think you have the right to shout about other people’s private life (Peter Carey Quotes) The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows (Peter Carey Quotes) So in the first draft, I’m inventing people and place with a broad schematic idea of what’s going to happen. In the process, of course, I discover all sorts of bigger and more substantial things (Peter Carey Quotes) One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don’t permit you to do that (Peter Carey Quotes) Nostalgia is something we think of as fuzzy. But it’s pain. Pain concerning the past (Peter Carey Quotes) My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the world before (Peter Carey Quotes)

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