I believe in teaching as a real job. I don't think it's a substitute for anything else. It's been shown to me that teachers can help, and the writing today is just as good as it was when I started out. Technology hasn't changed that. Ron Carlson changegoodjob share on social
Place colors everything; It is the thing by which I find my way in my fiction. Ron Carlson colorfictionfind Change image and share on social
Life is an aggregate of experience, which continually surprises us. Ron Carlson aggregatecontinuallyexperience Change image and share on social
I don't live in books, but, boy, have books amplified my life. Ron Carlson amplifybookboy Change image and share on social
I was writing a third novel when my kids arrived. And I looked at that book about whether these two people would get together, and I thought, 'I don't care! I've got kids!' Ron Carlson arrivebookcare Change image and share on social
If we're really writing, we are exploring the unnamed emotional facets of the human heart. Not all emotions, not all states of mind have been named. Nor are all the names we have been given always accurate. Ron Carlson accurateemotionemotional share on social
I have these habits. I'm not a crazy artist. Or am I? Ron Carlson artistcrazyhabit Change image and share on social
Our pasts so many times determine the value of what is happening today. Everybody is midway in their story. Ron Carlson determinehappenmidway Change image and share on social
I don't write for theme, but if you work closely on some guy fixing a sandwich or a window or a table or trying to visit an old teacher or walking down the street on which he was a boy, a theme, a human hope, will emerge. Ron Carlson boycloselyemerge share on social
My first novel was called 'Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald,' about the difficulties of graduating from college, the longing and mourning you feel when all your promise seems to float away. Ron Carlson betraycallcollege Change image and share on social
