Chris Bohjalian Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I answer two or three letters a day. I'm just not the he-has-a-secretary kind of guy.”

“I live here in Vermont, in a village of barely a thousand people halfway up the state's third highest mountain.”

“I loved all ghost stories. So I guess it was only a matter of time before I wrote one.”

“I need complete silence when I write.”

“On a regular basis if you're trying to produce something, I think you should work every day and set achievable goals.”

“There is a lot of my childhood in 'The Sandcastle Girls.'”

“Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write.”

“I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read.”

“If you are stymied as a writer, if it's just not coming together, then take the pressure off and don't feel that you need to write 1,000 words today; just write one really good sentence.”

“If you look at my personal library, you will notice that it ranges from Henry James to Steig Larsson, from Margaret Atwood to Max Hastings. There's Jane Austen and Tom Perrotta and volumes of letters from Civil War privates. It's pretty eclectic.”