Jonathan Carroll
Jonathan Carroll
Jonathan Samuel Carrollis an American fiction writer primarily known for novels that may be labelled magic realism, slipstream or contemporary fantasy. He has lived in Austria since the 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 January 1949
CountryUnited States of America
years house amusement
Far more disturbing than any spook house at an amusement park is a ride through the old hometown if you've been away for years.
book boston ideas
At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.
coffee airplane smell
Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it.
writing trying dangerous
I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.
too-late retrospect heard
I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late.
writing wife mind
I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person is my wife, because she's my most severe critic and understands best what I'm trying to do.
fantasy
Ive never seen myself as a fantasy writer-ever.
heart thinking artist
The only question that nobody ever asks is: What breaks your heart? I think that should be asked of all "artists."...So, what breaks your heart?
stories short-story dreary
I started a short story but it was so dreary that even my pen threw up.
kids borrowed exaggerated
Kids own nothing. Everything is either promised, borrowed, longed for or exaggerated.
men what-if complaining
Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?
beautiful fun journey
It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman, for no reason other than to see how the world reacts to them.
reality years perspective
One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago.
gold
I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.