Top 71 Carla H. Krueger Quotes
#2. There are times when I can't believe how much ridiculous stuff happens to me and how brilliant it is to be in a position to write about it.
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#3. You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others.
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#6. Most people assume I write at night because of the kind of books I write, but I can shut out the light with my mind.
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#9. When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.
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#10. People who don't read fiction are scared of what's inside their own heads.
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#11. I lose it when I can't write. I feel sad and confused and fucked off.
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#12. There are some great, subversive female writers out there. Gender should not affect anything. It does, but it shouldn't.
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#13. When I write, I try to represent the voices of people I've known who had no voice.
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#18. I'm proud to be a writer. I'm doing the job all my heroes did.
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#19. When people say, 'you're so young to be a writer,' I always reply, 'I started young because I've got a lot to write.
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#21. Time is not an enemy as such, but a missing person, sending cryptic postcards from the past.
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#22. Creativity is as much about order against freedom; control versus rebellion; organisation against disorder as it is about straightforward imagination.
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#23. All the best writers take risks, offend people often and say fuck you to the critics.
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#25. Bravery isn't brandishing a sword. It's standing your moral ground and letting others try their best to take you down.
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#26. Our constant desire to genre-label cripples new writers. Let them experiment, explore and surprise.
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#27. So much of what we read nowadays is there one moment and gone the next. When you read something good, cherish it.
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#28. It's better to be remembered for what you said, not what you earned.
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#29. I've always thought that the best moments can come from the worst times.
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#31. There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities.
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#32. Reality was dawning on him and he hated reality. If you were him, so would you.
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#33. Someone once said writing and gardening are similar pursuits. Tell you what, I'd have one fucked up garden if that were the case.
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#35. When a person sets out to learn from others and not to teach others he becomes a true writer.
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#37. People who love reading get an instantly warm feeling in their bellies when they hear others describe getting comfortable with a good book.
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#38. She was not alone in her respect for him. Because he is more than a boss to people. He's a religion for non-believers.
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#40. Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.
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#41. Lyrics paved my teenage route to loving words. I take those passionate mini-stories with me everywhere.
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#42. I live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind. They stole my heart.
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#44. No matter what the good boys tell you, criminality is not a level playing field.
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#45. Life isn't over until you're dead. Another ultra-positive, ultra-motivational tweet to improve your day. You're welcome.
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#46. When I read a daring book or listen to rebellious music, I feel like I've found what freedom really means.
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#47. People love books because they're searching for answers to deep, unconscious questions - and books get as close as it's possible to get.
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#48. The most lies we will ever tell in our lives will be to ourselves.
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#51. Disorder, disobedience & rule breaking are features of all my stories.
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#52. Books are like rivers, meandering this way and that, but taking us on a steady, flowing course to somewhere different.
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#53. There is just too much cruelty, selfishness and corruption in the world not to want to crush the poisonous will of those who cause it by writing about it as powerfully as I can.
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#54. When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.
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#55. Where's your dog?' I ask quickly. 'Dawn said you had a dog. Let's take the dog out.'
'There ain't no dog,' replies Janis.
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#56. The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons.
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#57. Trap yourself inside your own brain, switch off the light, block all the escape routes, then turn your back on everything you know to be reality and try and survive there. Try. Living. Nowhere.
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#58. It's hard to stop people comparing their world with the world they imagine you to have.
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#59. Please, never tell me what 'horror erotica' is. Real #art is being lost in a bizarre swamp of over-processed, sexually exploitative garbage.
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#60. On some days she was able to see both sun and moon at the same time. Like feuding cousins, they hung in two corners of the vast world-ceiling refusing to look at one another. The moon was always harder to spot and more faded, but it was there if you looked, as many things were.
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#61. I became a physicist to understand the world, then I became a writer to try and change it.
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#63. I do not do free e-books. I occasionally like to eat that thing you people call "food".
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#64. I want to question societal norms, encourage people to think in new ways.
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#65. I always feel anxious if anyone's close to uncovering my secrets.
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#68. Someone asked me, 'How do you write a book?' I said, 'I live with a pen in one hand.
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#69. Some ancient oversight had nearly taken his sight, but this sad fuck was already blind inside.
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#70. Self-belief is not self-centred. We can only fight effectively for others if we already believe in ourselves.
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#71. Reading a book that challenges you is the best way to practice facing real-world fears.
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