If you have someone falling out of the boat, you'd have to drag the boat up the river and film the same scene ten times, every time, dragging the boat exactly where it was up the river.
I thought that you had to learn to write by yourself and if you couldn't do it, then you were out of luck. - Bonnie Jo Campbell
I thought that you had to learn to write by yourself and if you couldn't do it, then you were out of luck.
- Bonnie Jo Campbell
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
There were a lot of beautiful, thin people out there driving nice cars. It was a whole different experience being in L.A.
Nobody tells young writers it's okay if you're not very good, you'll get better. So I just thought I'm not very good, so I should try to do every oth… - Bonnie Jo Campbell
Nobody tells young writers it's okay if you're not very good, you'll get better. So I just thought I'm not very good, so I should try to do every oth…
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 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…
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
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…
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
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…
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
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…
Time is never wasted coming to an old man bar. - Bonnie Jo Campbell
Time is never wasted coming to an old man bar.
I think by writing about a place with great specificity, you manage to make it universal. - Bonnie Jo Campbell
I think by writing about a place with great specificity, you manage to make it universal.
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