Jan Karon Quotes & Sayings

“So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?'”

“Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.”

“My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.”

“My life is extremely full and wretchedly busy, and I feel that while my life drains energy from my work, my work in turn drains energy from my life. The result is, I am always playing catch-up spiritually. That is my thorn.”

“Cynics will say there are no good people out there. And if you read the papers and watch TV news you could be convinced of that. But there are good people.”

“Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.”

“The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world.”

“There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.”

“I learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines and have my work done on time and to make it the very best it could be.”

“There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh.”