Tracy Kidder

I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#glass #i #pane #prose #want

I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#combat #experiences #i #novel #vietnam

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#be happy #do the right thing #even #feel #happiness

If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#enough #happen #like #live #long

In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#first #know #landmark #person #place

People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#i think #nonsense #people #people say #say

The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#deep #expression #wildness

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#copying #done #encyclopedia #had #hardest

Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#before #especially #features #geographic #give

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#also #best #covers #creative #huge