You go through your life feeling like an outsider, and you respond to society in a different way when you feel like an outsider. Carolyn Chute feelfeltlife Change image and share on social
I have lived poverty. I didn't choose it. No one would choose humiliation, pain, and rage. Carolyn Chute choosehumiliationlive Change image and share on social
I love people, but I don't do so well in a system. We're poor, and we lead a very different kind of life. We depend on other people so much. Carolyn Chute dependkindlead Change image and share on social
Every time I think I know what's right and wrong, I end up being wrong. All I want to do is explore. I want to see what people would do. I say, 'What would this person do in this situation?' and I write it down. I'm not writing manifestos of my political views. Carolyn Chute endexploremanifesto share on social
Sometimes a manuscript is like bread dough. You have to abuse it. Carolyn Chute abusebreaddough Change image and share on social
Because school was so terrible was probably why I was driven to write. Carolyn Chute driveschoolterrible Change image and share on social
People who work in factories or in the woods or maybe a dairy farm - for years, I've been fascinated with people like that. No pretensions. They just live their lives. I found them beautiful. They were all I seemed to be interested in writing about. Carolyn Chute beautifuldairyfactory share on social
We need to stay together, to spread the truth like religion. It's a lonely, scary road, and we've got to walk it together. Carolyn Chute havelonelyreligion Change image and share on social
When I'm not writing, I do a lot of research reading on the shape of civilization. Fiction can be a lot of different things... but I feel like it's my job to write about the way things are. Carolyn Chute civilizationfeelfiction Change image and share on social
