Carla H. Krueger Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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