Top 77 Quotes by Patrick deWitt

About Patrick deWitt

These are some quotes by Canadian author Patrick deWitt Novelist, who was born in 1975.

Especially if you're endeavouring daily to write your own books, you read with a degree of - well, it's hard to forget you're a writer when you're reading.

Especially if you're endeavouring daily to write your own books, you read with a degree of - well, it's hard to forget you're a writer when you're reading.

Patrick deWitt

I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.

I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.

Patrick deWitt

I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while I'm no expert in these matters, this is proving to be true. My first book dealt with a not-that-pleasant degenerate type, and the One Question was, 'Is this an autobiographical story?'

Patrick deWitt

My first book didn't even have a Canadian publisher. And that upset me, because I so wanted a readership up there.

My first book didn't even have a Canadian publisher. And that upset me, because I so wanted a readership up there.

Patrick deWitt

I am a homebody, something that lends itself to my profession.

I am a homebody, something that lends itself to my profession.

Patrick deWitt

Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.

Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.

Patrick deWitt

The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.

The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.

Patrick deWitt

I felt like love has been underrepresented - unironic love, just actually really falling in love.

I felt like love has been underrepresented - unironic love, just actually really falling in love.

Patrick deWitt

Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to say to this except that I disagree wholeheartedly.

Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to say to this except that I disagree wholeheartedly.

Patrick deWitt

A lot of my favourite books - I should say, not much happens in the books! It's much more about the points of view of the author more than anything else.

A lot of my favourite books - I should say, not much happens in the books! It's much more about the points of view of the author more than anything else.

Patrick deWitt

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