Quotes by Ann Patchett, The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life

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The more we are willing to separate from distraction and step into the open arms of boredom, the more writing will get o — Ann Patchett, The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life
It turns out that the distance from head to hand, from wafting butterfly to entomological specimen, is achieved through — Ann Patchett, The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life
The journey from the head to the hand is perilous and lined with bodies. It is the road on which nearly everyone who wan — Ann Patchett, The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life
Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft. If you want to writ — Ann Patchett, The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life
Maybe everyone does have a novel in them, perhaps even a great one. I don't believe it, but for the purposes of this arg — Ann Patchett, The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life
What I like about the job of being a novelist, and at the same time what I find so exhausting about it, is that it's the — Ann Patchett, The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life