Carla H. Krueger Quotes

Writing is more about telling other peoples' stories than your own

I’m proud to be a writer. I’m doing the job all my heroes did.

You’re my prey tonight.

I’m much more than a writer – I’m someone who puts different words together in an interesting way.

Someone asked me, 'How do you write a book?' I said, 'I live with a pen in one hand.

It’s much harder to twist the charitable arm of a lottery winner compared to that of a man at his lowest ebb. It sounds like the wrong way round at first, but when you really put your nut to it, people are more frightened of losing the big shit than of having fuck all to begin with and losing a bit of that.

The fear of not being remembered is a dangerous thing.

Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.

Most people assume I write at night because of the kind of books I write, but I can shut out the light with my mind.

She is intent on pleasing the men that frighten her.

Self-belief is not self-centred. We can only fight effectively for others if we already believe in ourselves.

I’ll be your friend until you find a better one.

Too old for dolls. Too ill for tablets.

People love books because they're searching for answers to deep, unconscious questions - and books get as close as it's possible to get.

I became a physicist to understand the world, then I became a writer to try and change it.

When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.

There are times when I can't believe how much ridiculous stuff happens to me and how brilliant it is to be in a position to write about it.

I can love what is broken.

He had become the sky around the sun – alive, but not really there.

Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.

It’s late and most of the clerks are at home in their beds, dreaming of swimming in pools filled with real money.