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
imagination love
Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.
book central liberating mother saw text took
My mother saw in 'Gone With the Wind' the text of liberating herself, ... She took 'Gone With the Wind' as the central book in her life, and made it the central book in her family.
book giving single-word
Here is all I ask of a book- give me everything. Everything, and don't leave out a single word.
lying silence trying
I was trying to unravel the complicated trigonometry of the radical thought that silence could make up the greatest lie ever told.
real taste paranoia
Paranoia has a sharper taste if the danger is real.