I carry a small spiral notebook with me at all times and have been doing this for many years. There's a shoe box in my closet filled with these notebooks, each riddled with notes and impressions, ideas, schemes, and soup recipes. Patrick deWitt boxcarrycloset share on social
I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years. Patrick deWitt enormousplotproponent Change image and share on social
'The Sisters Brothers' has endeared so many prize juries because the Western format has more of a broad appeal and is familiar to readers. Patrick deWitt appealbroadbrother Change image and share on social
The idea is this: It's important to upset one's work habits, to topple the cart for each project. Patrick deWitt carthabitidea Change image and share on social
I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people. Patrick deWitt clapengagemake Change image and share on social
More and more, I find myself turning away from everything relating to contemporary society. I don't know how healthy it is, but I am creating a very private bubble that I live in. Patrick deWitt bubblecontemporarycreate Change image and share on social
I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it. Patrick deWitt dayfeltfortunate Change image and share on social
When your protagonist bores you, you're in trouble. Patrick deWitt boreprotagonisttrouble Change image and share on social
Some deeper part of me wants to write comical dialogue; I'd be foolish to not follow that impulse. Now I recognize that if there's energy to a section of work, you go where the energy is. It's a living thing, and you just follow it. Patrick deWitt comicaldeepdialogue share on social
Unfunny people should be locked up, the key tossed into a smelter. Patrick deWitt keylockpeople Change image and share on social