Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver
Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr.was an American short-story writer and poet. Carver contributed to the revitalization of the American short story in literature during the 1980s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 May 1938
CityClatskanie, OR
CountryUnited States of America
symphony remember
Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there were 104 of them.
life-is feels
My life is going to change. I feel it.
imagination temptation littles
A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best.
soul trying way
All of us, all of us, all of us trying to save our immortal souls, some ways seemingly more round about and mysterious than others. We are having a good time here. But hope all will be revealed soon.
despair littles said
Isak Dinesen said that she wrote a little every day, without hope and without despair. I like that.
daughter morning nice
She serves me a piece of it a few minutes out of the oven. A little steam rises from the slits on top. Sugar and spice - cinnamon - burned into the crust. But she's wearing these dark glasses in the kitchen at ten o'clock in the morning - everything nice - as she watches me break off a piece, bring it to my mouth, and blow on it. My daughter's kitchen, in winter. I fork the pie in and tell myself to stay out of it. She says she loves him. No way could it be worse.
people yards fronts
I’d like to go out in the front yard and shout something. “None of this is worth it!” That’s what I’d like people to hear.
should-have stories wonderful
When a reader finishes a wonderful story and lays it aside, he should have to pause for a minute and collect himself.
validation firsts creation
There's literary creation and literary business. When I first got something accepted, it gave my life a validation it didn't otherwise have.
mistake looks
You've got to work with your mistakes until they look intended. Understand?
heart broken pieces
My heart is broken,” she goes. “It’s turned to a piece of stone. I’m no good. That’s what’s as bad as anything, that I’m no good anymore.
knows
What do any of us really know about love?
insight
What good are insights? They only make things worse.
life answers okay
There is no answer. It's okay. But even if it wasn't okay, what am I supposed to do?