“ A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished. Marathoners have to carefully pace themselves so that they don't run out… Jonathan Carroll
“ Reading a book, for me at least, is like traveling in someone else's world. If it's a good book, then you feel comfortable and yet anxious to see what's going to happen to you there, what'll be around… Jonathan Carroll
“ The angel said, I like black-and-white films more than color because they're more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. It's sort of like prayer. Jonathan Carroll
“ Animals are on earth to protect mankind. When you gather a bunch of them together like this, you create a safe haven. Nothing can touch you here. Jonathan Carroll
“ Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does. Jonathan Carroll
“ Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them. Jonathan Carroll
“ One of the reasons why I liked living in Manhattan was that the city would share your mood the moment you walked out the door. If you were in a hurry, everything else was too, even the pigeons. You sh… Jonathan Carroll
“ Patience never wants Wonder to enter the house: because Wonder is a wretched guest. It uses all of you but is not careful with what is most fragile or irreplaceable. If it breaks you, it shrugs and mo… Jonathan Carroll
“ Flannery amava i cimiteri. Gli piacevano l'ordine e la bellezza artificiale che vi regnavano, perché sapeva che nascevano dal timore, dalla paura. Non certo dall'amore della gente per i propri defunti… Jonathan Carroll
“ Sometimes happiness is like the sound of a plane overhead. You look up to see it but the plane's not there. No matter where you look you can't find it on the sky, although the sound is still there and… Jonathan Carroll
“ – Думаю, нужно быть писателем, когда в голове столько безумных идей и историй. А то лопнешь, если их не запишешь. Jonathan Carroll
“ Tell your mother the Law of Stolen Flight.''Only flame, and things with wings. All the rest suffer stings. Jonathan Carroll
“ Only the guilty and the lovers really fear. The first because of what they are, the second for what they might lose. Jonathan Carroll
“ The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these t… Jonathan Carroll
“ In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic. Jonathan Carroll
