There were a lot of beautiful, thin people out there driving nice cars. It was a whole different experience being in L.A.

- Bonnie Jo Campbell

I think by writing about a place with great specificity, you manage to make it universal.

- Bonnie Jo Campbell

I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are in a situation th…

- Bonnie Jo Campbell

Time is never wasted coming to an old man bar.

- Bonnie Jo Campbell

Some people tell me they would be afraid of my characters, but I tell those people [that] they meet these characters all the time. They just don't ca…

- Bonnie Jo Campbell

I figure that I'm always going to be fine, one way or another, but I do worry about other people who have difficulty moving from one world to the nex…

- Bonnie Jo Campbell

I love writing about men. To get by in the world you have to know how men think. Not that all guys think alike, but women tend to think about more th…

- Bonnie Jo Campbell

Men didn't understand that you couldn't let yourself be consumed with passion when there were so many people needing your attention, when there was s…

- Bonnie Jo Campbell

As a writer, I can live somewhat independently, occupying nooks and crannies and finding meaning there. I can even live in my mind a good portion of …

- Bonnie Jo Campbell