You go through your life feeling like an outsider, and you respond to society in a different way when you feel like an outsider. Carolyn Chute feelfeltlife Change image and share on social
I have lived poverty. I didn't choose it. No one would choose humiliation, pain, and rage. Carolyn Chute choosehumiliationlive Change image and share on social
I love people, but I don't do so well in a system. We're poor, and we lead a very different kind of life. We depend on other people so much. Carolyn Chute dependkindlead Change image and share on social
Every time I think I know what's right and wrong, I end up being wrong. All I want to do is explore. I want to see what people would do. I say, 'What would this person do in this situation?' and I write it down. I'm not writing manifestos of my political views. Carolyn Chute endexploremanifesto share on social
When I'm not writing, I do a lot of research reading on the shape of civilization. Fiction can be a lot of different things... but I feel like it's my job to write about the way things are. Carolyn Chute civilizationfeelfiction Change image and share on social
Grave silence is far more powerful than the same old voices yapping away. Carolyn Chute gravepowerfulsilence Change image and share on social
Sometimes a manuscript is like bread dough. You have to abuse it. Carolyn Chute abusebreaddough Change image and share on social
Because school was so terrible was probably why I was driven to write. Carolyn Chute driveschoolterrible Change image and share on social
I am a person who can't teach writing or make a living in any public way, as I get confused when interrupted or overstimulated. In a classroom or crowded room, I all but blank out. So my only income is from novels. Carolyn Chute blankclassroomconfuse share on social
