Carla H. Krueger
50 quotes
"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."
"Every book contains a secret – even the writer doesn't always know what it is."
"The most lies we will ever tell in our lives will be to ourselves."
"Someone asked me, 'How do you write a book?' I said, 'I live with a pen in one hand."
"Books are like rivers, meandering this way and that, but taking us on a steady, flowing course to somewhere different."
"It's better to be remembered for what you said, not what you earned."
"When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out."
"I lose it when I can't write. I feel sad and confused and fucked off."
"Lyrics paved my teenage route to loving words. I take those passionate mini-stories with me everywhere."
"I live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind. They stole my heart."
"Read the right books and we can be as wild and worry-free as we've ever wanted to be. No law can stop us reading."
"Self-belief is not self-centred. We can only fight effectively for others if we already believe in ourselves."
"I do not do free e-books. I occasionally like to eat that thing you people call "food"."
"One day, I decided I was going to write books forever."
"You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others."
"The fear of not being remembered is a dangerous thing."
"I’m proud to be a writer. I’m doing the job all my heroes did."
"First time I ever put pen to paper, I had one goal – to build something no one had ever thought of before."
"Writing is just building a new world – one character, one place, one maniac at a time."
"Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends – sorry, I meant characters."
"Blank walls are a shared canvas and we're all artists."
"Books are readable drugs."
"Life isn't over until you're dead. Another ultra-positive, ultra-motivational tweet to improve your day. You're welcome."
"I like to think I’ve written something worth reading when I cry the tears of the characters."
"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."