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I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and thoughts and yearnings and hurts and misgivings and pleasures that don't belong to me.

Homesteading is gone.

Jonathan Evison

I've been blessed with an optimistic disposition, I think.

Jonathan Evison

As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources.

Jonathan Evison

I really believe in challenging myself, pushing myself to new places.

Jonathan Evison

I grew up in the Bay Area until 1976, then I pretty much went all the way through primary and high school on Bainbridge, though like anybody who grows up on an island, I ran the first chance I got.

Jonathan Evison

There're so many great writers out there who aren't getting the exposure they deserve.

Jonathan Evison

I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and thoughts and yearnings and hurts and misgivings and pleasures that don't belong to me.

Jonathan Evison

Limited points of view let the writer dispense - and the reader gather - information from various corners of the story. It all becomes a kind of dance, with the writer guiding the reader through the various twists and turns. The challenge is keeping readers in step, while still managing to surprise.

Jonathan Evison

When I started caregiving, I was not on very firm ground. My first marriage had dissolved. I was working at an ice-cream stand in my thirties. I learned that when you don't have anything to give, that's when you really give, and then you get back so much more.

Jonathan Evison

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

Jonathan Evison

I'm a DIY kinda guy.

Jonathan Evison

I just need to believe that we're not in some form of stasis, that we can try to be whoever we want to be. We probably won't get there, but we might get a little bit closer, you know?

Jonathan Evison