Pat Conroy
Birthday: 26 October 1945, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Birth Name: Donald Patrick Conroy
Pat Conroy was born on October 26, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as Donald Patrick Conroy. He was a writer, known for The Prince of Tides (1991), The Great Santini (1979) and Conrack (1974). He was ma ...Show More
He signed longer inscriptions than I would. He'd write, "I hope you enjoy my son's work of fiction," Show more
He signed longer inscriptions than I would. He'd write, "I hope you enjoy my son's work of fiction," and he'd underline "fiction" five or six times, and sign it, "Ol' lovable, likable Donald Conroy". [on his father attending his book signings for "The Great Santini"] Hide
I write a straight story line, and I guess that's what they need. The dialogue also seems to be serv Show more
I write a straight story line, and I guess that's what they need. The dialogue also seems to be serviceable in a Hollywood way. But most important, I do the thing that Southerners do naturally - I tell stories. [on his book "The Water is Wide" being made into a movie Conrack (1974)] Hide
[Talking to his mother on her death bed] Oh, Mama, oh, mother of mine, you who opened up the univers Show more
[Talking to his mother on her death bed] Oh, Mama, oh, mother of mine, you who opened up the universe for me with all the stuff of language, I'll make you so beautiful. Because you made me a writer and presented me the tongues and a passion for language, I can lift you off that bed, banish the cancer from your cells forever. Hide
One of the greatest gifts you can get as a writer is to be born into an unhappy family. I could not Show more
One of the greatest gifts you can get as a writer is to be born into an unhappy family. I could not have been born into a better one. I don't have to look very far for melodrama. It's all right there. Hide
[speaking of his wife, author Cassandra King] I'll hear her cackle with laughter at some funny line Show more
[speaking of his wife, author Cassandra King] I'll hear her cackle with laughter at some funny line she's written. I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure. She writes with pleasure and joy, and I sit there in gloom and darkness. Hide
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