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Padgett Powell quotes: In the event that armed men of any sort enter the building, watch their feet closely.

In the event that armed men of any sort enter the building, watch their feet closely.

Padgett Powell quotes: apply shingles from the bottom up.

apply shingles from the bottom up.

Padgett Powell quotes: jejune longing is the chewing gum of life.

jejune longing is the chewing gum of life.

Padgett Powell quotes: Today is a good day to give no one a hard time about anything, or today is a good day to give everyone a hard time about everything.

Today is a good day to give no one a hard time about anything, or today is a good day to give everyone a hard time about everything.

Padgett Powell quotes: I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.

I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.

Padgett Powell quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: Bermuda is not even tropical. The charm of the tropics - the heat, the chaos - is not there.

Bermuda is not even tropical. The charm of the tropics - the heat, the chaos - is not there.

Padgett Powell quotes: Disputing nothing is the first step through the difficult door of happiness

Disputing nothing is the first step through the difficult door of happiness

Padgett Powell quotes: The new world may be in fact a very, very, very, very old world.

The new world may be in fact a very, very, very, very old world.

Padgett Powell quotes: When I write, I want something to sound good itself.

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

Padgett Powell quotes: If I tell you that I have robbed a bank, prepare the correct reaction.

If I tell you that I have robbed a bank, prepare the correct reaction.

Padgett Powell quotes: I don't know any more about America than one knows being trapped in it.

I don't know any more about America than one knows being trapped in it.

Padgett Powell quotes: Life is a time when you get pleasure until somebody get your ass. and one of the ways to prolong pleasure is to not chop up time with syllables.

Life is a time when you get pleasure until somebody get your ass. and one of the ways to prolong pleasure is to not chop up time with syllables.

Padgett Powell quotes: Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.

Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.

Padgett Powell quotes: That's part of fiction, creating a world better than the one you live in.

That's part of fiction, creating a world better than the one you live in.

Padgett Powell quotes: 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 quotes: I am writing a book more improbable than 'The Interrogative Mood' that I call 'Manifesto'. It's two guys talking who speak artificially conveniently.

I am writing a book more improbable than 'The Interrogative Mood' that I call 'Manifesto'. It's two guys talking who speak artificially conveniently.

Padgett Powell quotes: I don't write anything if I'm not agreeable and liking it. I'm not one of these slavers who wads up paper. It comes or it doesn't.

I don't write anything if I'm not agreeable and liking it. I'm not one of these slavers who wads up paper. It comes or it doesn't.

Padgett Powell quotes: Writing is a failure. Writing is not only useless, it's spoiled paper.

Writing is a failure. Writing is not only useless, it's spoiled paper.

Padgett Powell quotes: Even if you're the worst writer in the world, at least you'll have the evidence.

Even if you're the worst writer in the world, at least you'll have the evidence.

Padgett Powell quotes: Cholesterol to go with alcohol; all the bad things in English-speaking life end in -ol.

Cholesterol to go with alcohol; all the bad things in English-speaking life end in -ol.

Padgett Powell quotes: Do you appreciate that an oyster has, among its other organs, a heart?

Do you appreciate that an oyster has, among its other organs, a heart?

Padgett Powell quotes: I associate the truest spirit of Christmas with certain years when I had to spend it at my parents' house as an adult who had, presumably, escaped.

I associate the truest spirit of Christmas with certain years when I had to spend it at my parents' house as an adult who had, presumably, escaped.

Padgett Powell quotes: Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting,

Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting,

Padgett Powell quotes: Heavy booze is a big time vacation, but you come back with a headache.

Heavy booze is a big time vacation, but you come back with a headache.

Padgett Powell quotes: In a new world behave in a new way as a new man. unhorse the conquistador.

In a new world behave in a new way as a new man. unhorse the conquistador.

Padgett Powell quotes: Do you try to listen to calssical music but feel you don't ever really advance past knowing it's better than it sounds?

Do you try to listen to calssical music but feel you don't ever really advance past knowing it's better than it sounds?

Padgett Powell quotes: In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.

In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.

Padgett Powell quotes: You can't disturb a nobody with evidence he's a nobody. A nobody is not disturbed by anything significant.

You can't disturb a nobody with evidence he's a nobody. A nobody is not disturbed by anything significant.

Padgett Powell quotes: the levity of the doomed has no equal.

the levity of the doomed has no equal.

Padgett Powell quotes: Have you decided yet what historical moment you would have most like to have witnessed with your own eyes and ears?

Have you decided yet what historical moment you would have most like to have witnessed with your own eyes and ears?

Padgett Powell quotes: Don't hesitate to insulate your house, especially the floor.

Don't hesitate to insulate your house, especially the floor.

Padgett Powell quotes: I knew I was supposed to be a writer; I had made that declaration in the closet of my soul.

I knew I was supposed to be a writer; I had made that declaration in the closet of my soul.

Padgett Powell quotes: Alternate the theories you entertain about all things.

Alternate the theories you entertain about all things.

Padgett Powell quotes: Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?

Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?

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.