I still get weepy when I see a father being nice to his child. It so affects me. Pat Conroy affectchildfather Change image and share on social
I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure. Pat Conroy cacklehavelaughter Change image and share on social
A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire. Pat Conroy actbegincarpentry share on social
Though Nathalie Dupree did not remember much about my presence in her class, it marked me forever. I remain her enthusiast, her evangelist, her acolyte, and her grateful student. She taught me that cooking and storytelling make the most delightful coconspirators. Pat Conroy acolyteclasscoconspirator share on social
I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood. Pat Conroy changechildhoodfact Change image and share on social
Without music, life is a journey through a desert. Pat Conroy desertjourneylife Change image and share on social
When I bought a collection of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, I returned home with a bright enthusiasm to begin the long march into the Russian soul. Though I've failed to read either man to completion, they both helped me to imagine that my fictional South Carolina was as vast a literary acreage as their Russia. Pat Conroy acreagebeginbright share on social
A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal. Pat Conroy endgoodmeal Change image and share on social
I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: 'My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.' Pat Conroy baddrivelgod Change image and share on social
I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta. Pat Conroy ablazeatlantaemphasis share on social