I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.
Ann PatchettI am sure every writer has this and probably every newscaster, that people are always coming up to me and saying, my daughter wants to do what you do, my godson, my tennis partner.
Ann PatchettYou canโt pick up and leave everything behind because there is too much sadness in the world and not enough places to go.
Ann PatchettHe doesnโt know to want for more because nothing in his life has been as much as this...on that night he thinks that no one has ever had so much and only later will he know he should have asked for more.
Ann Patchett