“I always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody.” Quote by Ann Patchett
“I am not mature enough as a reader to enjoy a book in which I hate all the people.” PeopleBookEnoughHateEnjoyReaderI HateMature Author:Ann Patchett
“I think that people all grow up and have their same personalities, but you can say, "Oh, I can see the roots of this personality, which I didn't like, but then you grew up, and I can still see you as that person, but I do really like you now." Which is sort of how I feel about children - I mean, about children who I knew when I was a child and grew up with, and they're still my friends, and children that I know as children who I see growing up, and every year I like them more.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsYearsMeanChildrenPersonsStillsI CanGrowsGrowing UpGrowingLike YouGrewPersonalityGrew UpMy FriendsRootsReally Like You Author:Ann Patchett
“I don't really do anything with the Internet except check my email. I have a much higher opinion of humanity because of that.” HumanityOpinionInternetHigherChecksEmail Author:Ann Patchett
“[I remember going] to a hotel gym at six o'clock in the morning, and the television was on, and it's some drama in which two men have clearly kidnapped a woman. They're interrogating her, and they put a plastic bag over her head. They're suffocating her, and I'm thinking, It's six o'clock in the morning! Why does anybody need to see this? How can I find the off switch?” ThinkingMenNeedsDoeTwoRememberMorningTelevisionDramaSixClockBagsHotelGymPlasticKidnappedSuffocatingPlastic Bags Author:Ann Patchett
“Seeing images of violence - it's always about how somebody's going to kill you.” ViolenceSeeing Author:Ann Patchett
“I really do think that our subconscious gets corrupted with fear, and fear is how news media - all media - makes us [watch] long enough to get to the Tide commercial. That's all it's about. Generating fear so that we can buy the proper laundry detergent.” ThinkingLongEnoughWatchesMediaNewsTidesSubconsciousLaundryNews MediaLaundry Detergent Author:Ann Patchett
“I always used to be an inside person, and now I'm an outside person.” PersonsUsedUsed To Be Author:Ann Patchett
“I used to do everything to keep a wall up around myself and keep my life quiet so that I could write.” WritingUsedWallQuietWalls Up Author:Ann Patchett
“I will go and speak at rotary clubs. I will go and speak at schools. I'm so much in the community, but in a way that I love. It's been such a positive thing.” WaySchoolSpeakCommunityClubsPositive ThingsRotary Author:Ann Patchett