193 Quotes by Raymond Carver

E dovrebbe farci vergognare di noi stessi quando parliamo come se sapessimo di cosa parliamo quando parliamo d'amore.

Η γυναίκα μου εξαφανίστηκε παίρνοντας κι όλα τα ρούχα της μαζί.Άφησε πίσω της δυο νάιλον κάλτσες και μια βούρτσα για τα μαλλιά που 'χε παραπέσει πίσω από το κρεβάτι.Θα 'θελα τώρα να επιστήσω την προσοχή σαςσε τούτες τις καλοφτιαγμένες κάλτσες και στα δυνατάσκούρα μαλλιά που είχαν πιαστεί στις τρίχες της βούρτσας.Πέταξα τις κάλτσες στα σκουπίδια, τη βούρτσαθα την κρατήσω και θα τη χρησιμοποιώ. Το κρεβάτι μόνομοιάζει αλλόκοτο και μου είναι αδύνατο να το δικαιολογήσω.

In his better moments, Mr Baxter is a decent, ordinary guy — a guy you wouldn't mistake for anyone special. But he is special. In my book, he is. For one thing he has a full night's sleep behind him, and he's just embraced his wife before leaving for work. But even before he goes, he's already expected home a set number of hours later. True, in the grander scheme of things, his return will be an event of small moment — but an event nonetheless.

I don't want to talk to anybody. Actually, I'd talk to Molly, if I could, but I can't any longer — she's somebody else now. She isn't Molly any more. But — what can I say? — I'm somebody else, too.

Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising.

The fiction Im most interested in has lines of reference to the real world.

A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best.

Most of my stories, if not all of them, have some basis in real life. That's the kind of fiction I'm most interested in. I suppose that's one reason I don't have much respect for fiction that seems to be game playing.

When I'm fishing, I feel guilty that I'm not writing, and when I'm writing, I feel guilty that I'm not fishing. But when push comes to shove, I'll always take the writing.