Pat Conroy
Pat Conroy
Donald Patrick "Pat" Conroywas a New York Times bestselling American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, were made into Oscar-nominated films. He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th century Southern literature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 October 1945
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
equality great onto separate
I thought I'd stumbled onto Pluto. What I did not realize, I had stumbled into the great lie. They were separate but there was no equality whatsoever.
attacked draw fear forced great trying
My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer. It forced me to draw some conclusions that were my own.
subtle travel writers
There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
fascinated god grew people
I'm fascinated by the people I grew up with and the mistakes I made - and God, I have screwed up. I like writing about where it all went off course.
anthem fist raised
To Southerners like my mother, 'Gone With the Wind' was not just a book; it was an answer, a clenched fist raised to the North, an anthem of defiance.
calls carefully fear life major writers
Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
journeys love
I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
salt rainwater
A family is one of nature's solubles; it dissolves in time like salt in rainwater.
tides geography port
My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.
humanity inhumanity
Humanity is best described as inhumanity.
lovers institutions
I would always be a better hater of things and institutions than a lover of them.
laughter fate law
No story is a straight line. The geometry of a human life is too imperfect and complex, too distorted by the laughter of time and the bewildering intricacies of fate to admit the straight line into its system of laws.
risk sometimes sometimes-in-life
Some things don’t mix. Some things don’t mix at all, but sometimes in life you have to take the risk.
temptation watches chickens
(You) don't leave the chicken to watch the feed.