Writing is so wrapped up in ego, but with math one is just trying to get it right, although you're often wrong. I think math helped me become a good critic of myself, come at writing a little less personally.
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.
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…
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…
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 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.
Time is never wasted coming to an old man bar. - Bonnie Jo Campbell
Time is never wasted coming to an old man bar.
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
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…
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