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Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: That night I sat up writing in my

That night I sat up writing in my diary writing to Big Me: 'I hope you are alive ' I wrote. 'I hope that I don't die before you are able to read this. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: I tend to like order in almost every

I tend to like order in almost every other aspect of my life, but for me, the process of writing is really chaotic and decadent and indulgent. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: My main reader was my wife Sheila, and

My main reader was my wife Sheila, and I haven't written a lot since she died. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: I think we're always in some ways writing

I think we're always in some ways writing to the teachers who gave us early love. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: The two of you stood there, side by

The two of you stood there, side by side, and the tectonic plates of your lives began to shift and resettle, continents separating. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: It's always terrible when you realize that you've

It's always terrible when you realize that you've married the wrong book. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: The type of person who will always be

The type of person who will always be your friend, for as long as you can stand to keep disappointing her. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: Above the wrist? Or below the wrist?

Above the wrist? Or below the wrist? — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: It is not like a premonition of death.

It is not like a premonition of death. It is as if she died a long time ago, and she just now remembered it. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: Plot and scene are still the hardest things

Plot and scene are still the hardest things for me, though I think they're the building blocks of what makes a story work. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: A conclusion is simply the place where you

A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: worry knitting inside of him.

worry knitting inside of him. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: If no one knows you, then you are

If no one knows you, then you are no one. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: Identity issues are hardwired into the way I

Identity issues are hardwired into the way I think about character - it's almost as if I can't get away from them even if I want to. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: In the end, there probably isn't much difference

In the end, there probably isn't much difference between being in love and acting like you're in love. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: I would say that all short stories have

I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: On the seat beside him, in between him

On the seat beside him, in between him and his father, Ryan's severed hand is resting on a bed of ice in an eight-quart Styrofoam cooler. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: You really romanticize the white-trash period of your

You really romanticize the white-trash period of your life,' Rain once said to me, which I thought was a little hurtful but perhaps true. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: Writing a short story is a little like

Writing a short story is a little like walking into a dark room, finding a light and turning it on. The light is the end of the story. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: Even when our death is imminent, we carry

Even when our death is imminent, we carry the image of ourselves moving forward, alive, into the future. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: It had occurred to him that if the

It had occurred to him that if the undead don't realize that they are dead, he might easily be one of them himself. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: There's a lot of effort expended once you

There's a lot of effort expended once you begin to completely trash your life. Sometimes, writing feels like this to me. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: I still think about the writers I loved

I still think about the writers I loved when I was a kid. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: You could say that they were sweet, or

You could say that they were sweet, or you could say that they were something out of a horror movie. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: One of the things I rarely do is

One of the things I rarely do is write about sex. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: You can't tell people how to feel when

You can't tell people how to feel when they read your work. You can only hope to connect. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: Fiction is fun because you get to steal

Fiction is fun because you get to steal an identity and try to make it authentic. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: I was worried that, as a college teacher,

I was worried that, as a college teacher, if I wrote too much about intergenerational sex my students would be creeped out. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: You know what you learn when you study

You know what you learn when you study the legal system? Poor people pass down damage the way rich people pass down an inheritance. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: The people who control this country are the

The people who control this country are the real gangsters. You know that, right? And if you play by their rules, you're nothing but their slave. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: The circumstances of life-the events of life-the people

The circumstances of life-the events of life-the people around me in life-do not make me the way I am. They reveal the way I am. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: For me, the process of writing a novel

For me, the process of writing a novel happens mostly in your head before you actually start writing. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: In the basement of Sydney's new house is

In the basement of Sydney's new house is a little room that is about the size and shape of a coffin. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: I guess," says Deagle, finally, "I'll just have

I guess," says Deagle, finally, "I'll just have a pack of Marlboro Lights. That's what I used to smoke when I was human. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: I always worry that knowing too much about

I always worry that knowing too much about a novel or a story early on in writing will close it down - it feels fatalistic in some way. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: As mysterious as the part of himself that

As mysterious as the part of himself that was chosen and loved by her, the part of himself that was there only when they were together. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: Our sense of self is a kind of

Our sense of self is a kind of construct. It is in some ways like a novel, and it's like a fabric of fictions that we patch together from memory. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: Maybe love, like suffering, is relative.

Maybe love, like suffering, is relative. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: Writing about women's sexuality is very scary for

Writing about women's sexuality is very scary for me because I'm always afraid I'll get it wrong. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: In some ways all of my fiction is

In some ways all of my fiction is like a conversation I'm having with the writers I read when I was first falling in love with books. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: She looked at me as if I might

She looked at me as if I might be one of them a spy from the world of the ignorant. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: Plot was always secondary in my mind.

Plot was always secondary in my mind. — Dan Chaon

Dan Chaon Quotes By Dan Chaon: The happiest I have ever been is in

The happiest I have ever been is in the life that I led with my wife and kids. — Dan Chaon