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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
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New York City
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Jonathan Samuel Carroll
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Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings.
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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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Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
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The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.
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The problem with waiting for someone, whether that wait is an hour or a lifetime, is everyone's 'clock' is different. So what you might consider forever is only a little while to them, or vice versa.
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You know people don't get better as we get older- we just get more of who we are.
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Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child's smile, and a cup of excellent coffee.
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Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.
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Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination.
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In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.
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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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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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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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It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman, for no reason other than to see how the world reacts to them.
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The angel said, I like black-and-white films more than color because they're more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. It's sort of like prayer.
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For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.
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Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.
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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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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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