I've never been very attached to genre labels and never set out intentionally to write historic fiction. Besides, what you consider historic depends on how far back your memory extends. Charles Frazier attachbackdepend Change image and share on social
Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can, I like to push those to give me a little more time, and make it so that they're as uncomfortable as I am. Charles Frazier comfortabledeadlineextent share on social
Well, I'm a slow writer. For me, a good day is a page, maybe a page and a half. I'd love to be more efficient, but I am not. Charles Frazier dayefficientgood Change image and share on social
Writing doesn't come real easy to me. I couldn't write a novel in a year. It wouldn't be readable. I don't let an editor even look at it until the second year, because it would just scare them. I just have to trust that all these scraps and dead-ends will find a way. Charles Frazier deadeasyeditor share on social
One time at the University of Colorado, at a faculty dinner, this professor said to me, 'Well, my goodness, a boy from Appa-lay-chee-a with a Ph.D!' The dinner was in her house. And I said, 'My grandparents didn't have indoor plumbing, but they had more books in their house than you do.' I was a little insulted by the Appa-lay-chee-a business. Charles Frazier appabookboy share on social
The Sixties were different in an isolated place. We got two television channels if the wind was blowing in the right direction. The radio stations went off at sundown. Then you picked up Chicago and heard the teenage music you really yearned for. Charles Frazier blowchannelchicago share on social
I do the same things I did when I was 12 years old: I ride bikes, I read books, I walk in the woods. And I listen to music. Charles Frazier bikebooklisten Change image and share on social
People who are isolated interest me, whether they isolate themselves or have been isolated by circumstances. Charles Frazier circumstanceinterestisolate Change image and share on social
I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn't even considered it. Charles Frazier classconsidercreative Change image and share on social
I've always thought Harper Lee might have made a great decision. Much as you'd like to have more books by her, there's something about just one that's kind of mysterious and nice. On the other hand, the New York gossip about me was that I'd never write another book. So I thought, 'Well, I will then.' Charles Frazier bookdecisiongossip share on social