Author: Peter Heller

Quotes

The one thing they didn't tell you at Iowa is how hard it is to make a living writing fiction and poetry.

The one thing they didn't tell you at Iowa is how hard it is to make a living writing fiction and poetry.

- Peter Heller

A lot of my nonfiction is very strong environmental stories - I was the first guy to write about the dolphin killings in Japan.

A lot of my nonfiction is very strong environmental stories - I was the first guy to write about the dolphin killings in Japan.

- Peter Heller

I have two younger sisters, and it was a family full of creativity.

I have two younger sisters, and it was a family full of creativity.

- Peter Heller

I write a lot of environmental stories.

I write a lot of environmental stories.

- Peter Heller

I always wanted to be a writer. I was writing poetry when I was 6.

I always wanted to be a writer. I was writing poetry when I was 6.

- Peter Heller

Writing 'Dog Stars' was coming home. My spirit just sang. It's what I wanted to do my whole life.

Writing 'Dog Stars' was coming home. My spirit just sang. It's what I wanted to do my whole life.

- Peter Heller

Writing nonfiction, you're responsible to posterity, to history, to other people because the events happened, and you feel responsible to record them as they happened.

Writing nonfiction, you're responsible to posterity, to history, to other people because the events happened, and you feel responsible to record them as they happened.

- Peter Heller

I've always wanted to be a novelist, so I just try to write really great narrative.

I've always wanted to be a novelist, so I just try to write really great narrative.

- Peter Heller

Surfing is a life path. You have to really commit... You have to let go and have faith that it's gonna work out when you take off.

Surfing is a life path. You have to really commit... You have to let go and have faith that it's gonna work out when you take off.

- Peter Heller

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