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Jonathan Evison quotes: It's not easy getting old, you know. Things become a lot less clear.

It's not easy getting old, you know. Things become a lot less clear.

Jonathan Evison quotes: I write as a matter of need - seven books and God knows how many short stories before anyone published me.

I write as a matter of need - seven books and God knows how many short stories before anyone published me.

Jonathan Evison quotes: I'm a DIY kinda guy.

I'm a DIY kinda guy.

Jonathan Evison quotes: I've been blessed with an optimistic disposition, I think.

I've been blessed with an optimistic disposition, I think.

Jonathan Evison quotes: This newfangled country is starting to grow on me, the adult despair of it all. Stuff I can relate to: lost loves, lost houses, lost dogs.

This newfangled country is starting to grow on me, the adult despair of it all. Stuff I can relate to: lost loves, lost houses, lost dogs.

Jonathan Evison quotes: It's a cruel process, aging. Take my advice, dear, maintain your independence as long as possible.

It's a cruel process, aging. Take my advice, dear, maintain your independence as long as possible.

Jonathan Evison quotes: Maybe a theme that touches all of my work is people reinventing themselves.

Maybe a theme that touches all of my work is people reinventing themselves.

Jonathan Evison quotes: So often when we historicize material, we use this big wide-angle lens.

So often when we historicize material, we use this big wide-angle lens.

Jonathan Evison quotes: A man's destiny is not in the eyes of others. It's in his own. And that, my young friend, is as good as any bank note.

A man's destiny is not in the eyes of others. It's in his own. And that, my young friend, is as good as any bank note.

Jonathan Evison quotes: Can we really be whoever we want to be, now that we've collected all that we are?

Can we really be whoever we want to be, now that we've collected all that we are?

Jonathan Evison quotes: I discovered John Fante when I was 17 years old - strangely, not through Charles Bukowski, but through William Saroyan, who was his drinking buddy.

I discovered John Fante when I was 17 years old - strangely, not through Charles Bukowski, but through William Saroyan, who was his drinking buddy.

Jonathan Evison quotes: Most everything that happens to me in any significant sense finds its way into my fiction.

Most everything that happens to me in any significant sense finds its way into my fiction.

Jonathan Evison quotes: I really believe in challenging myself, pushing myself to new places.

I really believe in challenging myself, pushing myself to new places.

Jonathan Evison quotes: Wine is a much better salve than anything the medical profession has ever prescribed. Even the Bible condones it!

Wine is a much better salve than anything the medical profession has ever prescribed. Even the Bible condones it!

Jonathan Evison quotes: I know I've lost my mind. But I'm not concerned, because it's the first thing I've lost in a long time that actually feels good.

I know I've lost my mind. But I'm not concerned, because it's the first thing I've lost in a long time that actually feels good.

Jonathan Evison quotes: My neediness is not a hole to be filled but something beneath the skin scratching to get out.

My neediness is not a hole to be filled but something beneath the skin scratching to get out.

Jonathan Evison quotes: I love being a struggling artist; it makes me feel very alive.

I love being a struggling artist; it makes me feel very alive.

Jonathan Evison quotes: There are holes in our lives that can never be filled - not really, not ever.

There are holes in our lives that can never be filled - not really, not ever.

Jonathan Evison quotes: Too many writers of fiction don't give the reader enough credit.

Too many writers of fiction don't give the reader enough credit.

Jonathan Evison quotes: There're so many great writers out there who aren't getting the exposure they deserve.

There're so many great writers out there who aren't getting the exposure they deserve.

Jonathan Evison quotes: It was quiet and smooth -a gazelle trapped in the body of a wart hog.

It was quiet and smooth -a gazelle trapped in the body of a wart hog.

Jonathan Evison quotes: My parents divorced after 25 years of marriage.

My parents divorced after 25 years of marriage.

Jonathan Evison quotes: He threw himself headlong at a job as if were he to stop the job would throw itself headlong back at him.

He threw himself headlong at a job as if were he to stop the job would throw itself headlong back at him.

Jonathan Evison quotes: I never wanted to be anything but a writer, and I never let go of it.

I never wanted to be anything but a writer, and I never let go of it.

Jonathan Evison quotes: The jocks that used to stuff me into a locker when I was a punk rocker are my best buddies now.

The jocks that used to stuff me into a locker when I was a punk rocker are my best buddies now.

Jonathan Evison quotes: In writing, I've found, playing it safe and familiar is no way to energize anybody.

In writing, I've found, playing it safe and familiar is no way to energize anybody.

Jonathan Evison quotes: I've been thinking about the cruel mathematics of my life, looking at my sums & wishing I'd shown my work.

I've been thinking about the cruel mathematics of my life, looking at my sums & wishing I'd shown my work.

Jonathan Evison quotes: Homesteading is gone.

Homesteading is gone.

Jonathan Evison quotes: You have to smile, if you expect anybody to smile back.

You have to smile, if you expect anybody to smile back.

Jonathan Evison quotes: Why not get a job in West Yellow Stone selling buffalo turds? I could make clocks out of them.

Why not get a job in West Yellow Stone selling buffalo turds? I could make clocks out of them.

Jonathan Evison quotes: I usually write in my underwear, with a space heater running full blast, and three dogs sleeping at me feet.

I usually write in my underwear, with a space heater running full blast, and three dogs sleeping at me feet.

Jonathan Evison quotes: People really do change. Don't let anyone tell you differently. That the future does not conform to the past is not the exception, but the rule.

People really do change. Don't let anyone tell you differently. That the future does not conform to the past is not the exception, but the rule.

Jonathan Evison quotes: As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources.

As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources.