American - Writer | 1968 -
I really believe in challenging myself, pushing myself to new places.
Jonathan Evison
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You have to find hope. Hope is such a shape shifter. You tend to look in the rearview mirror for hope, but when it's gone, you have to look forward. You have to get in the van and keep driving on.
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As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources.
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After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for them and do publicity for free just because I like a book. Some people think of it as hubris or careerism, but I love to champion books. You can't use your whole sphere of influence just to help yourself.
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When I started caregiving, I was not on very firm ground. My first marriage had dissolved. I was working at an ice-cream stand in my thirties. I learned that when you don't have anything to give, that's when you really give, and then you get back so much more.
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I discovered John Fante when I was 17 years old - strangely, not through Charles Bukowski, but through William Saroyan, who was his drinking buddy.
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So often when we historicize material, we use this big wide-angle lens.
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Homesteading is gone.
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My parents divorced after 25 years of marriage.
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There are holes in our lives that can never be filled - not really, not ever.
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I write as a matter of need - seven books and God knows how many short stories before anyone published me.
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I've been blessed with an optimistic disposition, I think.
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