“Reading a book, for me at least, is like traveling in someone else's world. If it's a good book, then you feel comfortable and yet anxious to see what's going to happen to you there, what'll be around the next corner. But if it's a lousy book, then it's like going through Secaucus, New Jersey -- it smells and you wish you weren't there, but since you've started the trip, you roll up the windows and breathe through your mouth until you're done.” IfsWorldFeelsBookDoneHappensReadingNextWishComfortableMouthsWindowCornersSmellBreatheAnxiousGood BookJerseyWish YouNew Jersey Book:The Land of Laughs: A Novel Source: The Land of Laughs: A Novel
“At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.” BookIdeasAudienceNo IdeaObsessedFurnitureBostonSigning Author:Jonathan Carroll
“There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.” BookHappensThings HappenPlotTriggers Author: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.” BookEndsProcessDiscoveryElimination Author:Jonathan Carroll