Kent Haruf quotes

He wanted to think of words that would make some difference but there were none in any language he knew that were sufficient to the moment or that would change a single thing. (Kent Haruf)
You have to believe in yourself despite the evidence. View quote
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I think that usually the risk in trying to write children in fiction is the tendency to make them too cute or something. View quote
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Writing is the hardest thing I know, but it was the only thing I wanted to do. I wrote for 20 years and published nothing before my first book. View quote
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We'd do better to follow the admonition of Jesus about loving our neighbours. People in the U.S. are capable of forgiveness and willing to see one another's point of view, but when matters become politicised, we're less able to do that. View quote
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I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41. View quote
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Fame isn't healthy for a writer. View quote
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Writers who aren't from rural states in the Midwest or the West often treat such people as if they were the Waltons or the Beverly Hillbillies. View quote
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I'm attempting to broaden my novels' scope through landscape and weather, leaves falling off trees, overnight storms, timeless elements which, irrespective of human endeavour, have always been there and, as long as there is life and snow, will always be there. View quote
Kent Haruf

Kent Haruf

Occupation: American Novelist
Born: February 24, 1943
Died: November 30, 2014
Quotes count: 9