'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
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 learnt how to hunt rattlesnakes with an eagle for 'Serena.' Ron Rash eaglehuntlearn 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
I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems than novels, I spend a lot of time on the story's larger rhythms, such as sentence and paragraph length, placement of flashbacks and dialogue. Ron Rash believecloseconscious share on social
