Quote

I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page.

Sara Gruen

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Vancouver
British Columbia
Page
Pages
Policy
Hate
Exclusion
Writing
Protective
Effectively
Bizarre
Writes

More quotes by Sara Gruen

Image
Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip.
Sara Gruen
Image
I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.
Sara Gruen
Image
I just can't. I'm married. I made my bed and now I have to lie in it.
Sara Gruen
Image
You work hard on a book and throw it out there and then it's beyond your control.
Sara Gruen
Image
I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.
Sara Gruen
Image
Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn.
Sara Gruen
Image
Gorillas are in danger of being wiped out by the Ebola virus. I feel like we have limited time to get to know them and understand them and they're going to disappear - that's terrifically sad. Wouldn't it be great if we could stop that?
Sara Gruen
Image
I look after those who look after me. He smacks his lips, stares at me, and adds, I also look after those who don't. - Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)
Sara Gruen
Image
But it all zipped by. One minute Marlena and I were up to our eyeballs, and the next thing we knew the kids were borrowing the car and fleeing the coop for college. And now, here I am. In my nineties and alone.
Sara Gruen
Image
The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.
Sara Gruen
Image
They grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.
Sara Gruen
Image
Why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?
Sara Gruen
Image
Even when I look straight into the milky blue eyes I can't find myself any more. When did I stop being me?
Sara Gruen
Image
Then I lie down on the horse blanket and drift into a dream about Marlena that will probably cost me my soul.
Sara Gruen
Image
Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?
Sara Gruen
Image
With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.
Sara Gruen
Image
It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here
Sara Gruen
Image
I am further back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Uncle Al promised three dollars and a bottle of Canadian whiskey to the man who puts on the best show. You've never seen such grief-- even the dogs were howling.
Sara Gruen
Image
Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.
Sara Gruen
Image
I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.
Sara Gruen