“I was in Mongolia, pretty extreme situations. We were sick with dysentery, we were sick with bronchitis. I had been bitten by a dog for the first time in my life and my whole hand was black, and there was no way to even think of getting a rabies shot without driving for five days, and then you wouldn't have wanted that needle in your skin anyway. And I had my period. Everything was wrong at one time. Like, I couldn't have been more uncomfortable. And I stayed up - it was too cold to sleep.” ThinkingWayFirstsHas BeensWholeHandsWantedBlackSleepSituationFiveDogColdPeriodsShotsFirst TimeSkinsSickExtremesDrivingUncomfortableOne TimeNeedlesMongoliaRabiesBronchitisDysentery Author:Pam Houston
“It would have been so perfectly ironic if I had been killed by the dog, because I was petting a dog who was not used to being pet, because I think I'm some kind of dog whisperer, and I think I can make any dog love me.” IfsThinkingKindHas BeensI CanUsedDogPetIronicDog Love Author:Pam Houston
“I write well on the road. I have the energy, I have the motivation to write. I'm happy when I'm on the road.” WritingWellsMotivationEnergy Author:Pam Houston
“There's this great Ron Carlson story, "A Note on the Type," and it's about this guy who keeps escaping from prison. He's really good at escaping, but he gets caught all the time, because he can't stop writing his name on underpasses where he's running from the law. And there's this whole beautiful paragraph about how to run is to write. And, you know, it's obviously about the writer's life.” KnowsWritingWholeStoriesRunningBeautifulLawGuyNamesTypePrisonNotesCaughtThis GuyEscapingParagraphCarlson Author:Pam Houston
“I always think, when I'm in motion, writing seems like the most natural thing.” ThinkingWritingSeemsNaturalNatural Things Author:Pam Houston
“When a book is in its final stages, I've just got to be home, looking at it seventeen hours a day, and that's fine. But all that initial creation of the early drafts, I'd just as soon write it on the road in any extreme place. That's sort of ideal.” WritingBookHomeHoursStageCreationFineIdealsFinalsExtremesInitialsSeventeen Author:Pam Houston
“I just want people to feel the emotion that's in the record. For me it's very raw and beautiful, I guess it's kind of like a diary for me. I'd love for people to be able to listen to it and it make them dance and cry and the same time.” PeopleWantFeelsKindAbleBeautifulEmotionRecordsCryDiaries Author:Charli XCX
“I'm very closed off when it comes to working with people, I'm very selective.” PeopleSelective Author:Charli XCX
“When I first began writing music I was really inspired by the French electro scene.” WritingFirstsSceneInspiredWriting Music Author:Charli XCX
“I always look at my favourite photographs or favourite movies by James Bidgood or Sofia Coppola before I write my songs - they put me in the right frame of mind.” WritingMindLooksSongPhotographFavouriteFrame Of Mind Author:Charli XCX