"A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best." ~Raymond Carver
"Anyone can express himself or herself, but what writers and poets want to do in their work, more than simply express themselves, is communicate." ~Raymond Carver
"Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications." ~Raymond Carver
"For a long time I wanted to do the kind of work my dad did. He was going to ask his foreman at the mill to put me on after I graduated. So I worked at the mill for about six months. But I hated the work and knew from the first day I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life." ~Raymond Carver
"I dressed and went for a walk - determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer." ~Raymond Carver
"I think marriage is one of those things that writers draw on, one of those emotional reservoirs that go way back." ~Raymond Carver
"It's something that I feel I know about, relationships between men and women. I like to write from the woman's point of view now and again, to get inside her head, to feel what she's feeling." ~Raymond Carver
"Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising." ~Raymond Carver
"Most of my stories, if not all of them, have some basis in real life. That's the kind of fiction I'm most interested in. I suppose that's one reason I don't have much respect for fiction that seems to be game playing." ~Raymond Carver
"The fiction I'm most interested in has lines of reference to the real world." ~Raymond Carver
"When you're writing fiction or poetry... it really comes down to this: indifference to everything except what you're doing... A young writer could do worse than follow the advice given in those lines." ~Raymond Carver
"Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read." ~Raymond Carver
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