01UndatedThis is a landscape of dreams cemented in the past, of hopes gone cold, of girls and boys for rent in officially empty tower blocks, where none is truly so.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
04UndatedNader refused to bring her the feathery dream catcher – her asabikeshiinh – with its willow-web and invisible ‘lady spider’ apparently weaving her spells – an object Bea insisted always hung above her in bed.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
06UndatedDay after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
07UndatedWhen people say, 'you're so young to be a writer,' I always reply, 'I started young because I've got a lot to write.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
08UndatedWriting is more about telling other peoples' stories than your ownCarla H. Krueger / quote ↗
09UndatedThere 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.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
10UndatedEvery book contains a secret – even the writer doesn't always know what it is.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
11UndatedThe most lies we will ever tell in our lives will be to ourselves.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
12UndatedSomeone asked me, 'How do you write a book?' I said, 'I live with a pen in one hand.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
13UndatedBooks are like rivers, meandering this way and that, but taking us on a steady, flowing course to somewhere different.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
14UndatedIt's better to be remembered for what you said, not what you earned.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
15UndatedWhen I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
16UndatedI lose it when I can't write. I feel sad and confused and fucked off.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
17UndatedLyrics paved my teenage route to loving words. I take those passionate mini-stories with me everywhere.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
18UndatedI’m much more than a writer – I’m someone who puts different words together in an interesting way.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
19UndatedWhen I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
20UndatedI’m an observer. I am fascinated by people and how their minds work (and, of course, my own). Why we are the way we are, why we do the things we do – and that interest drives my writing. I was a physicist before fiction claimed my soul, so I’m an experimenter. I’m open to different ways of thinking. I like exaggerating, making things up. I’m a very open, honest person in life and that’s the way it should be, but when it comes to fiction, I want to pour a few sharp objects into the comfort zone. Our fears are powerful, yet we’ve all got a desire to laugh and be entertained. I could have followed the same path I do now as a scientist, examining how the brain works. Ironically I get much more freedom to experiment as a writer. That’s why I love it.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
22UndatedI live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind. They stole my heart.Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
24UndatedI do not do free e-books. I occasionally like to eat that thing you people call "food".Carla H. Krueger / quote ↗
