Author: Padgett Powell

Quotes

If you're going to write a book that might, in its very best accidental career, sell 30,000 copies, you've got to have a day job.

If you're going to write a book that might, in its very best accidental career, sell 30,000 copies, you've got to have a day job.

- Padgett Powell

When I write, I want something to sound good itself.

When I write, I want something to sound good itself.

- Padgett Powell

Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.

Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.

- Padgett Powell

I was a commercial roofer before this, until about age thirty. I will not work others under me and do not want to work under others.

I was a commercial roofer before this, until about age thirty. I will not work others under me and do not want to work under others.

- Padgett Powell

I think William Trevor is as good as it gets. Whenever I want a book to do exactly what it says it will, I read him.

I think William Trevor is as good as it gets. Whenever I want a book to do exactly what it says it will, I read him.

- Padgett Powell

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