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I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.

Jonathan Carroll

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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Jonathan Samuel Carroll
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Trying
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Fear pounds on the door to our heart demanding to be let in. Joy is modest and often comes into our lives like a shy person entering a room it can take a while to even notice it's there.
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Far more disturbing than any spook house at an amusement park is a ride through the old hometown if you've been away for years.
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Ive never seen myself as a fantasy writer-ever.
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Death doesn't make you sad- it makes you empty. That's what's so bad about it. All of your charms and beliefs and funny habits fall fast through a big black hole, and suddenly you know they're gone because just as suddenly, there's nothing left at all inside.
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Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything.
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Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care, but because they don't.
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I started a short story but it was so dreary that even my pen threw up.
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Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind.
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Learn to wait invariably either things will change or your heart will.
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Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well.
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People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.
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At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.
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If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.
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Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
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Eating is sex for old people.
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People are always waiting to be discovered.
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The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.
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Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.
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My memory loves you… it asks about you all the time.
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