Top 20 Quotes by Jill McCorkle

About Jill McCorkle

These are some quotes by American author Jill McCorkle Novelist, who was born on July 7, 1958.

I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line as much as possible.

I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line as much as possible.

Jill McCorkle

My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is.

My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is.

Jill McCorkle

For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

Jill McCorkle

Certainly if I were to think in terms of a field that would have required a different mode of education, I think I would have leaned in the direction of being a therapist. And without the education, or a different kind of education, I think my first choice would be a landscape architect. I love to garden.

Jill McCorkle

By the time I sit down ready to write, I've done a lot of longhand and a lot of note collecting along the way.

By the time I sit down ready to write, I've done a lot of longhand and a lot of note collecting along the way.

Jill McCorkle

I feel very protective in the first draft, when all the pieces are coming together. I work in a way that is not linear or chronological at all, even with the short story. I will just be writing bits and pieces, and then when I have all the pieces on the table, that for me is when it feels like the real work begins.

Jill McCorkle

I once had a story editor ask me not to use the word 'placenta.' I wanted to say: 'Now tell me again how you got here?' Oh, right, an angel of God placed you into the bill of the stork.

I once had a story editor ask me not to use the word 'placenta.' I wanted to say: 'Now tell me again how you got here?' Oh, right, an angel of God placed you into the bill of the stork.

Jill McCorkle

Humor - I see it as a survival skill.

Humor - I see it as a survival skill.

Jill McCorkle

You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some quality speaks to the individual.

You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some quality speaks to the individual.

Jill McCorkle

I like to think I put some of myself in every character.

I like to think I put some of myself in every character.

Jill McCorkle

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