New Orleans jazz is a complex and embracing art form that began about the same time as the blues and encompassed many of its excellences. Tim Cahill artbeginblue Change image and share on social
I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant. Tim Cahill arrogantcreatureearly Change image and share on social
It's often hilarious to me that I'm writing about Tonga or some tropical place and there's a blizzard outside and the cows are on their backs with their hooves in the air. Tim Cahill airbackblizzard Change image and share on social
In my life outdoors, I've observed that animals of almost any variety will stand in a windy place rather than in a protected, windless area infested with biting insects. They would rather be annoyed by the wind than bitten. Tim Cahill animalannoyarea share on social
There's a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out for is you don't write a boring story about a boring place. Tim Cahill basicallyboredeath Change image and share on social
Stanley Kubrick, I had been told, hates interviews. It's hard to know what to expect of the man if you've only seen his films. One senses in those films painstaking craftsmanship, a furious intellect at work, a single-minded devotion. Tim Cahill craftsmanshipdevotionexpect share on social
Adventure travel existed before I started, I just didn't know it. Tim Cahill adventureexiststart Change image and share on social
The blues style - moody or rollicking or boastful or bashful - developed in the Delta around 1900 and was, for a time, exclusively African-American. That isn't the case anymore. Tim Cahill africanamericananymore Change image and share on social
I write early in the morning. I just wake up whenever I feel awake and I have to be sitting and writing pretty soon after that. If I take too long to think about the impossibility of what I'm trying to, I'll be defeated by it. Tim Cahill awakedefeatearly share on social
My first book was called 'Buried Dreams,' about a serial-killer, which was probably about ten years ahead of the serial-killer curve. It was a national bestseller, but it was three years of living in the sewer of this guy's mind. Tim Cahill aheadbestsellerbook share on social
