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Bonnie Jo Campbell Quotes: I thought that you had to learn to write by yourself and if you couldn't do it, then you were out of luck.
         

I thought that you had to learn to write by yourself and if you couldn't do it, then you were out of luck.


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Donkeys are the most misunderstood and abused animals around the world.

Donkeys are the most misunderstood and abused animals around the world.



I think by writing about a place with great specificity, you manage to make it universal.

I think by writing about a place with great specificity, you manage to make it universal.



I worked probably fewer jobs than most people, or fewer real soul-killing jobs than other people. I've been a typist, a typesetter, a keyliner, cappuccino-maker. I think I've been pretty lucky.

I worked probably fewer jobs than most people, or fewer real soul-killing jobs than other people. I've been a typist, a typesetter, a keyliner, cappuccino-maker. I think I've been pretty lucky.



My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They're very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually cautiousness.

My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They're very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually cautiousness.



As a writer, I can live somewhat independently, occupying nooks and crannies and finding meaning there. I can even live in my mind a good portion of most days.

As a writer, I can live somewhat independently, occupying nooks and crannies and finding meaning there. I can even live in my mind a good portion of most days.



A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you're finished, it's really only about one thing. A story can be about many things.

A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you're finished, it's really only about one thing. A story can be about many things.



That's where I live, a junkyard in a neighborhood of junkyards. We have three tractors from the 1940s and '50s, several old pickup trucks, and a pile of scrap metal.

That's where I live, a junkyard in a neighborhood of junkyards. We have three tractors from the 1940s and '50s, several old pickup trucks, and a pile of scrap metal.



I have a second-degree black belt in Okinawan kobudo weapons training.

I have a second-degree black belt in Okinawan kobudo weapons training.



Time is never wasted coming to an old man bar.

Time is never wasted coming to an old man bar.



I grew up with donkeys, as well as horses, but I'm more interested in donkeys.

I grew up with donkeys, as well as horses, but I'm more interested in donkeys.





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I also work out because I have scoliosis. I have to maintain certain strength in my core.

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