Jonathan Carroll Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.”

“For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.”

“Why do people always gesture with their hands when they talk on the phone?”

“I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late.”

“Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination.”

“The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.”

“You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.”

“I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.”

“Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.”

“I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now.”