Carol Bro > Carol's Quotes

“What's important is that a story changes every time you say it out loud. When you put it on paper, it can never change. But the more times you tell it, the more changes will occur. A story is a living thing; it moves and shifts”
― Pat Conroy, South of Broad

“The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone.”
― Donna Tartt

“We're part of a mixed marriage -- he's male; I'm female.”
― Anna Quindlen

“From this vantage, the whole notion of a “battlefield park” seemed a contradiction in terms. Preserved here for eternity was peace, beauty and quiet—the precise opposite of the events memorialized.”
― Paul Hawke

“You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more."

("The Castle")”
― Michael Connelly

“...it is how a person goes about quenching his desires or living with them unrequited that the readers get a glimpse of his true character.”
― Michael Connelly

“I've learned over the years that sometimes if you ask the same question more than once you get different responses.”
― Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict