A family is too frail a vessel to contain the risks of all the warring impulses expressed when such a group meets on common ground. Pat Conroy commonexpressfamily Change image and share on social
I've met many, many writers who say they would never write about their family, never write about people they did not totally make up. But that is not the composition of my character. Pat Conroy charactercompositionfamily Change image and share on social
When my novel 'Beach Music' came out in 1995, I had included a couple of recipes in the book and had tried to impart some of my love of Roman cuisine and the restaurants of Rome. Pat Conroy beachbookcouple Change image and share on social
Let me now praise the American writer James Dickey. In 1970, his novel 'Deliverance' was published. I found it to be 278 pages that approached perfection. Its tightness of construction and assuredness of style reminded me of 'The Great Gatsby.' Pat Conroy americanapproachassuredness share on social
I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell. Pat Conroy booklearnlife Change image and share on social
The great thing about all my siblings is we all agree we had a horrendous childhood. It's not like it doesn't affect us now; it affects us every day, in everything we do. Pat Conroy affectagreechildhood Change image and share on social
My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer. It forced me to draw some conclusions that were my own. Pat Conroy attackconcentrateconclusion Change image and share on social
I could not bear to think that I wrote a five-hundred page novel just because I needed to love my father. Pat Conroy bearfatherhundred Change image and share on social
A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal. Pat Conroy endgoodmeal Change image and share on social
The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself. Pat Conroy artcomplexitycontinuity share on social
