Jill McCorkle Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.”

“Humor - I see it as a survival skill.”

“I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line as much as possible.”

“I like to think I put some of myself in every character.”

“I think too many people edit themselves way too soon. There's plenty of time to edit, and it is a crucial part of it all, too.”

“My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is.”

“Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a kind of redemption.”

“I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to write all the novels you'll encounter.'”

“One day, when my son was eight, he came into the kitchen while I was cooking and said: 'You put bad words in your books, don't you?' No doubt he had overheard my mother, who often tells people who ask about my work: 'Well, you'll never find her books in the Christian bookstore.'”

“You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some quality speaks to the individual.”