Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth1 October 1946
CountryUnited States of America
long world littles
I live in my head all day long and the world is a little dreamy.
years bigs feels
Inside I feel much like a 12-year-old or a 17-year-old who knows big words.
writing important hard
It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.
pain laughter doe
Laughter does not deny pain. Laughter - like a wail - acknowledges and replies to pain.
writing hands trying
I did not set out to write another novel. One day I sat down with the thought of trying my hand at a piece of nonfiction, a personal memoir of youth, but over the next several weeks, without intending it, the work began evolving into what has become 'Tomcat in Love.
eye kissing numbness
... when he kissed her, she received the kiss without returning it, her eyes wide open, not afraid, not a virgin's eyes, just flat and uninvolved.
imagination killers
Imagination is a killer.
want body power-of-stories
And as a writer now, I want to save Linda's life. Not her body--her life.
loss abiding certainty
There was the single abiding certainty that they would never be at a loss for things to carry.
way danger awake
The presence of danger has a way of making you feel fully awake.
world pay saws
When your afraid,reallyafraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world.
war coward cowardice
I was a coward. I went to the war.
warning politician cigarette
Why do our politicians put warnings on cigarette packs and not on their own foreheads?
stories true-story
But this too is true: stories can save us.