Kent Haruf

Death is a fact of life, no matter where you live. Taking care of the dying is a necessity everywhere. Those are not conditions exclusive to small towns.

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

I enjoy bluegrass, folk, gospel, and classical. I don't listen to music when I write. I sometimes listen to music just before I sit down to write.

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.