Author: Tracy Kidder

Quotes

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

- Tracy Kidder

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.

- Tracy Kidder

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.

- Tracy Kidder

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done.

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done.

- Tracy Kidder

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia.

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia.

- Tracy Kidder

When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life.

When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life.

- Tracy Kidder

Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time.

Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time.

- Tracy Kidder

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