Author Profile
Jonathan Carroll
1949 • American • Author
34
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 34 quotesMay this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world.— Jonathan Carroll
Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.— Jonathan Carroll
There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.— Jonathan Carroll
The Wilmington, Delaware, television station that bills itself as The Family Minded Station is Channel 69.— Jonathan Carroll
Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.— Jonathan Carroll
I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.— Jonathan Carroll
I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late.— Jonathan Carroll
Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it.— Jonathan Carroll
You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.— Jonathan Carroll
I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person is my wife, because she's my most severe critic and understands best what I'm trying to do.— Jonathan Carroll
Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings.— Jonathan Carroll
People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.— Jonathan Carroll