Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder
John Tracy Kidderis an American writer of nonfiction books. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his The Soul of a New Machine, about the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation. He has received praise and awards for other works, including his biography of Paul Farmer, a doctor and anthropologist, titled Mountains Beyond Mountains...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth12 November 1945
CountryUnited States of America
people humanity together
Many people find it easy to imagine unseen webs of malevolent conspiracy in the world, and they are not always wrong. But there is also an innocence that conspires to hold humanity together, and it is made of people who can never fully know the good that they have done.
writing enough interest
You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.
struggle people care
My big struggle is how people can not care, erase, not remember.
believe stories reader
When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it.
vietnam combat novel
I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam.
book writing effort
I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.
writing thinking shows
I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.
hard-work writing mind
I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.
believe thinking important
I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why.
book writing want
I always want to write something better than the last book.
glasses want clear
I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.
book writing sick-world
I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way.
coward weapons cynicism
among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all
men giving needs
How could a just God permit great misery? The Haitian peasants answered with a proverb: "Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe," in literal translation, "God gives but doesn't share." This meant... God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us.