CRAIG JOHNSON QUOTES

American author (1961- )

If there's a character type I despise, it's the all-capable, all-knowing, physically perfect protagonist. My idea of hell would be to be trapped in a four-hundred page, first-person, first-tense, running monologue with a character like that. I think writers who produce characters along those lines should graduate from high school and move on.

CRAIG JOHNSON

"A Conversation with Craig Johnson", The Cold Dish


Temptation out of reach does you no good.

CRAIG JOHNSON

The Cold Dish

Tags: temptation


Artists are always good for conversation, so long as you want to talk about their art.

CRAIG JOHNSON

The Cold Dish

Tags: artists


The problem with anger is that once it burns out, you're left with empty tanks.

CRAIG JOHNSON

The Cold Dish

Tags: anger


I approach poetry and spirituality like literary nitroglycerin -- a little can do a lot and you better damn well be careful with it.

CRAIG JOHNSON

"A Conversation with Craig Johnson", The Cold Dish

Tags: poetry, spirituality


Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually producing the stuff worth reading.

CRAIG JOHNSON

"A Conversation with Craig Johnson", The Cold Dish

Tags: writing


Revolution is the industry of young men.

CRAIG JOHNSON

The Cold Dish

Tags: revolution