57 Quotes by Bobbie Ann Mason

Physicists must feel they are in the most exciting field in the world. Their minds must be afire.

I have heard from many readers since 'The Girl in the Blue Beret' came out. The story of my airline pilot, former B-17 bomber pilot Marshall Stone, on his search to find the people who helped him during World War II has struck a chord.

I'm not very articulate. The reason I write is because I don't talk.

In the country in Kentucky, people are just amazed that anybody in New York wants to read about their lives.

I grew up 150-200 miles from any city. You simply didn't have much connection with the outside world. So my dreams were always to get out. It's a familiar kind of thing, I think, for anybody in a small town.

I used my NEA fellowship to write my novel, 'In Country,' which was published by Harper & Row in 1985.

In the 1980s, Vietnam emerged in our culture as a legitimate and compelling topic for discussion rather than something to be hidden in shame.

I was very bookish and shy. I didn't have playmates, ever.

It was a romantic dream to be a writer. It seemed like a calling.