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Jonathan Evison Quotes

Can we really be whoever we want to be, now that we’ve collected all that we are?

Jonathan Evison (2012). “West of Here”, p.295, Algonquin Books

I usually write in my underwear, with a space heater running full blast, and three dogs sleeping at me feet.

"Interview with Jonathan Evison, Author of West of Here". Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. March 31, 2011.

I love being a struggling artist; it makes me feel very alive.

"Interview with Jonathan Evison, Author of West of Here". Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. March 31, 2011.

My neediness is not a hole to be filled but something beneath the skin scratching to get out.

Jonathan Evison (2013). “The Fundamentals of Caring”, p.47, Head of Zeus

The jocks that used to stuff me into a locker when I was a punk rocker are my best buddies now.

"Author Jonathan Evison on loss, survival and life’s epic journeys". Interview with Mary Ann Gwinn, www.seattletimes.com. September 24, 2012.

You have to find hope. Hope is such a shape shifter. You tend to look in the rearview mirror for hope, but when its gone, you have to look forward. You have to get in the van and keep driving on.

"Author Jonathan Evison on loss, survival and life's epic journeys". Interview with Mary Ann Gwinn, www.seattletimes.com. September 24, 2012.