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
Pat Conroy quotes about
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.
father hated knew word
I hated my father long before I knew there was a word for hate.
journeys love
I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
life modeled scarlett
I think that my mother, Frances Dorothy Peck, modeled her whole life on that of Scarlett O'Hara.
love
I would love to see young writers come out of college and know there is a possibility to be a novelist.
god literary magazine piece school wrote
I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: 'My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.'
became emphasis growing imagination novelist raised word
I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta.
family people totally writers
I've met many, many writers who say they would never write about their family, never write about people they did not totally make up. But that is not the composition of my character.
stories recipes meals
A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.
salt rainwater
A family is one of nature's solubles; it dissolves in time like salt in rainwater.
teacher world literature
The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave
tides geography port
My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.
reading writing ambition
Reading is the most rewarding form of exile and the most necessary discipline for novelists who burn with the ambition to get better.
passion long return
She had awakened something in him that had slumbered far too long. Not only did he feel passion, he felt the return of hope.