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" I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why. "
Tracy Kidder
I Can
Believe
Why
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" If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen. "
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Enough
You
Small
" What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative. "
Tracy Kidder
Best
Territory
Creative
" If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you. "
Tracy Kidder
Happy Childhood
Childhood
You
" Continuity is one of the things I like about New England. "
Tracy Kidder
New
England
New England
" What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives. "
Tracy Kidder
Reflection
Trying
Live
" The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression. "
Tracy Kidder
Deep
Wildness
Combination
" You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. "
Tracy Kidder
Be Happy
Life
You
" At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done. "
Tracy Kidder
Done
End
Good
" The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia. "
Tracy Kidder
Writing
Learning
Right
" Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time. "
Tracy Kidder
Time
Place
Own
" I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass. "
Tracy Kidder
Pane
Glass
Clear
" When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life. "
Tracy Kidder
Two
Three
My Life
" I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in. "
Tracy Kidder
Effort
Beginning
Book
" I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way. "
Tracy Kidder
Small
Hope
Leader
" Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living. "
Tracy Kidder
Easy
Writer
Way
" I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It's almost like his story sort of fell in my lap. "
Tracy Kidder
Doing
Farmer
Organization
" I always want to write something better than the last book. "
Tracy Kidder
Better
Book
Write
" People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense. "
Tracy Kidder
People
You
Writing
" In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place. "
Tracy Kidder
Know
First
Person
" I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read. "
Tracy Kidder
Read
Too
Writing
" I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard. "
Tracy Kidder
Work Hard
Alive
Mind
" I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam. "
Tracy Kidder
Experiences
Combat
Wrote