I tend to keep my ideas in my head. When I write something down in a notebook it's never centralized. There are too many notebooks floating around, but maybe that's a good thing.
Ann PatchettI used to do everything to keep a wall up around myself and keep my life quiet so that I could write.
Ann PatchettThat's one of the many things about having the bookstore that I adore. I can walk into the store and say to somebody, "I'm glad you're reading this book" or "I'm glad you're getting this book" or "Don't get that book. I read that book and hated that book. Let's get you this book instead."
Ann PatchettMaybe that was the definition of life everlasting: the belief that the next generation would carry your work forward.
Ann Patchett