Craig Johnson quotes

Henry figured that the reason the Cheyenne had always ridden Appaloosas into battle was because by the time the men got there, they were so angry with the horses they were ready to kill everything. (Craig Johnson)

I looked over at her; if women knew how good they looked in the dash light of oversized pickup trucks, they'd never get out of them.

Craig Johnson

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually producing the stuff worth reading.

Craig Johnson

I approach poetry and spirituality like literary nitroglycerin -- a little can do a lot and you better damn well be careful with it.

Craig Johnson

The problem with anger is that once it burns out, you're left with empty tanks.

Craig Johnson

The place was packed as we flooded in, all the patrons freezing at the sight of an armed sheriff, two deputies, an Indian, and a construction worker; we probably looked like the Village People.

Craig Johnson

A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a group of people and without their support both are in a tight spot.

Craig Johnson

It was the second time that day that I stood looking at a space where a large thing wasn't where it was supposed to be.

Craig Johnson

Maybe there really isn't any such thing as mortality; life simply wears us out with love.

Craig Johnson

Artists are always good for conversation, so long as you want to talk about their art.

Craig Johnson

If someone is starving, excessively exercising or using purging behaviors, then we know they are in a high-risk place for turning on the psychiatric illnesses. (Craig Johnson)

Craig Johnson

Occupation: Novelist
Quotes count: 11

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