Anthony Doerr

Anyone who has spent a few nights in a tent during a storm can tell you: The world doesn't care all that much if you live or die. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#care #die #during #few #live

But then of course you reach a point where you have to say, I've got to figure out how this book's going to end. Otherwise, you're going to write yourself into so many dead-ends. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#course #end #figure #going #got

I always told my dad I'd play professional football. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#dad #football #i #i always #play

I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#between #busy #connection #fish #fishing

I guess you could say I've been writing all my life. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#could #guess #i #life #my life

I never played inside as a kid - even in the rain I'd go out. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#go #i #inside #kid #never

I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#boston #give #globe #i #i write

I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#drake #folk #folk singer #getting #gorgeous

It wasn't until I was 26 or 25 when I started sending work out to magazines. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#magazines #out #sending #started #until

Travel definitely affects me as a writer. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#definitely #me #travel #writer