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Novelist

Ron Carlson, born in 1947, is an accomplished American novelist known for his concise and precise writing style. His works often focus on the life in the American Midwest, exploring themes of human nature and social relationships.

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“The world is glutted with magnificent three-page starts, and the road to hell is paved with unfinished manuscripts.”

Writing Inspiring

Book:Ron Carlson Writes a Story

Source: Ron Carlson Writes a Story

“I tell students, when in doubt, to title their story after the smallest concrete object in their story. I warn them off plays on words, ('The Rent Also Rises'--no; 'Life in My Cat House'--no) and no grand reaches, either. 'Reverence,' 'Respect,' 'Regret,' 'Greed,' 'Adventure,' 'Retribution.' And never use the worst title of all time, 'The Gift,' a story I read six times a year.”

Writing

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“The big secret is the ability to stay in the room.”

Bigs Ability Rooms Secret Crafts

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“I always write about my own experiences, whether I've had them or not.”

Writing My Own

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“It is philosophically impossible to be an atheist, since to be an atheist you must have infinite knowledge in order to know absolutely that there is no God. But to have infinite knowledge, you would have to be God yourself. It's hard to be God yourself and an atheist at the same time!”

Knows Hard Order Impossible Infinite Atheist There Is No God Infinite Knowledge

Book:Fast Facts on False Teachings

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“The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which we live.”

Humans Heart Stories Deals Honest Complicated Tolerance Human Heart Ambiguity

Book:Ron Carlson Writes a Story

Source: Ron Carlson Writes a Story

“Idolatry is not simply worshiping a stone image; idolatry is any concept of God that reduces Him to less than who He really is.”

Concepts Stones Miscellaneous Idolatry

Book:Fast Facts® on False Teachings

Source: Fast Facts® on False Teachings

“In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fact!”

Facts School Taught University Tales Fairy Fairy Tale Grammar Frogs Grammar School

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“The writer is the person who stays in the room.”

Persons Rooms

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“It never ceases to amaze us that when we were in kindergarten they taught us that a frog turning into a prince was a nursery fairy tale, but when we got to college they told us that a frog turning into a prince was science.”

Taught College Evolution Cease Tales Fairy Fairy Tale Frogs Taught Us Nursery Kindergarten

Book:Fast Facts® on False Teachings

Source: Fast Facts® on False Teachings

“Get down, get naked, get savage.”

Naked Savages

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“Key to all fiction, long or short, is to remember that the wolfman did not want the moon.”

Want Long Remember Fiction Keys Moon

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“The men and women, the weapons, the deerhunt all make a huge and fragile danger in John Bolger's novel The Hunters. There is care and harm in this book and all written with felicitous and steady grace.”

Men Book Care Novel Grace Written Danger He Man Huge Weapons Men And Women Harm Fragile Steady Hunters

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About the Author

Born: 1947
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 13

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