'Cool-Hand Luke' is one of my favorite movies. Ron Rash coolfavoritehand Change image and share on social
What I've become convinced makes a writer are the days you hate it, the days you'd rather stick those pencils in your eyes. Sometimes I almost punish myself - if I'm not going be able to write, I'm not going be able to do anything else. I just sit there and wait. Ron Rash convincedayeye share on social
Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision, the ability to say something as vividly as possible - but also the ability to create a narrative that, though lacking a novel's length, satisfies the reader. Ron Rash abilitybringconcision share on social
I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up one long row, then down another, and try not to look up too often to see how far you still have to go. Ron Rash greyhoundlongmule Change image and share on social
I live in Cullowhee, North Carolina. That's where I teach, at Western Carolina University. That region is where my family has lived for a long time and that region is my landscape. Ron Rash carolinacullowheefamily Change image and share on social
Faulkner came from my region and taught me how you could write about a place. Ron Rash faulknerplaceregion Change image and share on social
As I get older I find myself thinking it all begins with Shakespeare. Ron Rash beginfindold Change image and share on social
I wouldn't mind being a track and field coach. Ron Rash coachfieldmind Change image and share on social
One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible. Ron Rash charactergoalinhabit Change image and share on social
I think that's what I love about writing, is the ability to try to, in a sense, take a vacation from yourself and try to enter the sensibility of another time, another character, another place. Ron Rash abilitycharacterenter Change image and share on social
