Author: Mary Karr

Quotes

There are all kinds of things God wants me to do that I'm very obstreperous about.

There are all kinds of things God wants me to do that I'm very obstreperous about.

- Mary Karr

There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety.

There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety.

- Mary Karr

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

- Mary Karr

I think we fall in love and become adults and become citizens in a way by writing stories about ourselves.

I think we fall in love and become adults and become citizens in a way by writing stories about ourselves.

- Mary Karr

I always thought my family was so bizarre, so when people started coming up to me and saying, 'My family was exactly like yours,' I was completely knocked out.

I always thought my family was so bizarre, so when people started coming up to me and saying, 'My family was exactly like yours,' I was completely knocked out.

- Mary Karr

Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn't a healthy thing for me.

Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn't a healthy thing for me.

- Mary Karr

Poetry privileges music and is aesthetically more challenging. Prose privileges information and is emotionally more challenging.

Poetry privileges music and is aesthetically more challenging. Prose privileges information and is emotionally more challenging.

- Mary Karr

Writing about prayer to a secular audience is tap-dancing on the radio. I want to say, 'Gee whiz, isn't this great,' and have everyone's head cocked like the RCA dog.

Writing about prayer to a secular audience is tap-dancing on the radio. I want to say, 'Gee whiz, isn't this great,' and have everyone's head cocked like the RCA dog.

- Mary Karr

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