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“People who are isolated interest me, whether they isolate themselves or have been isolated by circumstances.”

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Charles Frazier, born on November 4, 1950, is a renowned American novelist. His works are known for their delicate emotional descriptions and profound historical background, with his most notable novel being 'Cold Mountain'. more

“From my childhood, I remember a tiny old woman named Mary, made pale and almost translucent by time. Mary's childhood memories extended back to the confusing and violent finale of the Civil War, and she told stories of brutal murders in those days and refused to name some of the killers, as if dead men might still be prosecuted in the late 1950s.”

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Author:Charles Frazier

“There are a lot of things that we crave, there are a lot of things that would make us perhaps more fulfilled in a sensory way that we just say no to.”

Way Fulfilled Crave Sensory Just Say No

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“I met people when we lived down in Raleigh who'd ask where I grew up, and I'd say about two hours west of Asheville, and they'd say they didn't know there was any North Carolina two hours west of Asheville. It was in many ways an isolated place.”

People Knows Way Two Asks Hours Grew Mets Grew Up West Isolated Carolina North Carolina Raleigh Isolated Places Asheville

Author:Charles Frazier

“I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had this beautiful Harris tweed overcoat. He came back with a knife cut all down one side. The parents had told him it was none of his business why their son wasn't going to school.”

Kids School Beautiful Remember Father Parent Sides Cutting Son Mountain Knives Overcoat Tweed

Author:Charles Frazier

“I've always thought Harper Lee might have made a great decision. Much as you'd like to have more books by her, there's something about just one that's kind of mysterious and nice. On the other hand, the New York gossip about me was that I'd never write another book. So I thought, 'Well, I will then.”

Writing Wells Kind Made Book Hands Might Decision Nice New York Mysterious Just One Gossip Harper

Author:Charles Frazier

“I've never been very attached to genre labels and never set out intentionally to write historic fiction. Besides, what you consider historic depends on how far back your memory extends.”

Writing Memories Fiction Depends Labels Genre Historic Our Memories

Author:Charles Frazier

“One time at the University of Colorado, at a faculty dinner, this professor said to me, 'Well, my goodness, a boy from Appa-lay-chee-a with a Ph.D!' The dinner was in her house. And I said, 'My grandparents didn't have indoor plumbing, but they had more books in their house than you do.' I was a little insulted by the Appa-lay-chee-a business.”

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Author:Charles Frazier

“Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can, I like to push those to give me a little more time, and make it so that they're as uncomfortable as I am.”

Giving Littles I Can Lasts Comfortable Give Me Productions Uncomfortable More Time Phases Publishers Deadline

Author:Charles Frazier

“The past is a stronger influence in the South. But I think everywhere you have this sense that the world changes faster than you can accommodate yourself to. Looking back and seeing how you got where you are is a useful way to combat disorientation.”

Thinking World Way Past Seeing Influence Stronger South Faster Where You Are Combat Looking Back Accommodate Disorientation

Author:Charles Frazier

“The Sixties were different in an isolated place. We got two television channels if the wind was blowing in the right direction. The radio stations went off at sundown. Then you picked up Chicago and heard the teenage music you really yearned for.”

Ifs Two Different Heard Television Wind Radio Stations Chicago Isolated Sixty Teenage Right Direction Radio Stations Isolated Places

Author:Charles Frazier

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