A good story, just like a good sentence, does more than one job at once. That's what literature is: a story that does more than tell a story, a story that manages to reflect in some way the multilayered texture of life itself. Karen Thompson Walker goodjoblife share on social
It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty. Karen Thompson Walker fictionlearnpretty Change image and share on social
Fear is... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do. Karen Thompson Walker bearfearkind Change image and share on social
I tend to mostly take the day off from working on Sundays, but I do spend some time reading. Mostly what I'm picking up is what's in stores. I really do love to read fiction from the last year or two. Karen Thompson Walker dayfictionlove Change image and share on social
There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life. Karen Thompson Walker lifeordinarypleasure Change image and share on social
To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's the way we're made. Karen Thompson Walker carrycontroldegree Change image and share on social
I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them. Karen Thompson Walker attractbeautifulcollege Change image and share on social
I wake up fairly early every day, by 8, for sure. Sunday is a lighter writing day than the weekdays, but I still wake up and write for about an hour, beginning right around 8. I definitely have coffee first, and then I start writing. I do think it's kind of hard to get the right level of concentration without coffee. Karen Thompson Walker begincoffeeconcentration share on social
Our fears are an amazing gift of the imagination... a way of glimpsing what might be the future when there's still time to influence how that future will play out. Karen Thompson Walker amazefearfuture Change image and share on social
I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write. Karen Thompson Walker amazebookfeel Change image and share on social