Ann Patchett

Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

I have a dog named Steve that lives at the studio.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else.