Top 22 Quotes by Karen Joy Fowler

About Karen Joy Fowler

These are some quotes by American author Karen Joy Fowler Author, who was born on February 7, 1950.

My books have occasionally been of mixed success. It's not like I have gone from triumph to triumph. I have had a couple of books do very, very well and a couple do very, very badly.

My books have occasionally been of mixed success. It's not like I have gone from triumph to triumph. I have had a couple of books do very, very well and a couple do very, very badly.

Karen Joy Fowler

The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.

The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.

Karen Joy Fowler

I assume that we are all limited by our own brains and experiences and can only understand other people and other creatures through a kind of translation that brings them closer to us.

I assume that we are all limited by our own brains and experiences and can only understand other people and other creatures through a kind of translation that brings them closer to us.

Karen Joy Fowler

I had a very loyal cult-like following, I feel. And I don't mean to complain about that.

I had a very loyal cult-like following, I feel. And I don't mean to complain about that.

Karen Joy Fowler

I was pretty happy with how my career had gone, mainly because of the enormous freedom I've had to write what I've wanted to write. I had a very clear picture of who I was as a writer.

I was pretty happy with how my career had gone, mainly because of the enormous freedom I've had to write what I've wanted to write. I had a very clear picture of who I was as a writer.

Karen Joy Fowler

I hear so many writers say - and these are writers that I trust completely - 'I just started hearing a voice', or, 'The characters came to life'. I am filled with loathing for my own characters when I hear that because they do nothing of the sort. Left to their own devices, they do nothing but drink coffee and complain about their lives.

Karen Joy Fowler

Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.

Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.

Karen Joy Fowler

I do read all my work aloud as I'm working - this has made it a little hard to adjust to my husband's retirement. I can shout the shouty parts if I'm alone in the house, but of course, I feel a fool if someone is there to hear me.

Karen Joy Fowler

I have always been a generous and enthusiastic reader.

I have always been a generous and enthusiastic reader.

Karen Joy Fowler

Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.

Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.

Karen Joy Fowler

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