161 Quotes by Annie Proulx

If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.

I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.

I rarely use the Internet for research, as I find the process cumbersome and detestable. The information gained is often untrustworthy and couched in execrable prose. It is unpleasant to sit in front of a twitching screen suffering assault by virus, power outage, sluggish searches, system crashes, the lack of direct human discourse, all in an atmosphere of scam and hustle.

I am influenced by words and the chewiness of language

Archie was an expert at dividing the affairs of life into men's business and women's business. An empty cupboard and a full plate were the man's business, a full cupboard and an empty plate the concern of the woman.

It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, world view and thoughts.

Wonderful ... I was up all night reading it, laughing and crying out in horror...

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.

If a piece ofknotted string can unleash the wind and if a drowned man can awaken... then I believe a broken man can heal.