Pat Conroy
Pat Conroy
Donald Patrick "Pat" Conroywas a New York Times bestselling American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, were made into Oscar-nominated films. He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th century Southern literature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 October 1945
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
born crimson dog graham southern tide
Graham is as Southern as black-eyed peas, scuppernong wine, she-crab soup, Crimson Tide tailgating and a dog with ticks. She is so relentlessly Southern she makes me feel that I was born in Minnesota!
life happens meaningless
All life connects ... Nothing happens that is meaningless.
thinking special about-yourself
Know this. I think you could be special if you only thought there was anything special about yourself.
fire body our-love
We set down feasts for each other and treated our love with tongues of fire. Our bodies were fields of wonder to us.
cooks ifs if-i-could
I learned that if I could read, I could cook. I surprised myself I like it.
writing simple
Writing has never been that simple for me.
laughter lines pleasure
I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.
book thinking
I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.
writing hands long
I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
way reviews bother
I never read my reviews... not even the good ones. Barbra Streisand once told me, if just one person in the audience doesn't applaud, it bothers her. I'm the same way. I'd be devastated to read that someone didn't like my work.
temptation watches chickens
(You) don't leave the chicken to watch the feed.
song singing unhappy
Families without songs are unhappy families.
military doctors sunglasses
Isn't it a shame military doctors couldn't be as good as military sunglasses?
eye mental-illness craziness
Craziness attacks the softest eyes and hamstrings the gentlest flanks.