Ron Carlson
Ron Carlson
Ron Carlsonis an American novelist and short story writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
attention empathy fire gets hard hone men personal simple start sustaining takes talking work
Writing a book is very personal. It's a very personal relationship. A book will start with something as simple as two men talking about work. That gets the fire going. Sustaining that fire is the hard work. It takes attention and empathy to hone the characters.
aggregate experience life
Life is an aggregate of experience, which continually surprises us.
rooms persons
The writer is the person who stays in the room.
secret crafts rooms
The big secret is the ability to stay in the room.
stones idolatry concepts
Idolatry is not simply worshiping a stone image; idolatry is any concept of God that reduces Him to less than who He really is.