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
kindness moving angel
Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly.
paranoia found position
I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position.
memories
Except for memory, time would have no meaning at all.
mistake feelings century
In Charleston, more than elsewhere, you get the feeling that the twentieth century is a vast, unconscionable mistake.
south-carolina states cult
South Carolina is not a state; it is a cult.
life-changing writing thinking
Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear. If the writing is good, then the result seems effortless and inevitable. But when you want to say something life-changing or ineffable in a single sentence, you face both the limitations of the sentence itself and the extent of your own talent.
writing way my-own-life
Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.
unhappy happy-family born
One of the greatest gifts you can get as a writer is to be born into an unhappy family.
action has-beens
Love's action. It isn't talk and it never has been.
library looks shows
A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.
moving stories living-things
A story is a living thing, it moves and shifts...
music beautiful hurt
Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.
writing light interesting
You do not learn how to write novels in a writing program. You learn how by leading an interesting life. Open yourself up to all experience. Let life pour through you the way light pours through leaves.
eye expression tongue
The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least.