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List of Garrison Keillor Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 260 inspiring quotes by Garrison Keillor.

About Garrison Keillor

  • Born: August 7, 1942
  • Occupation: Author
    • As for family values, they are whatever they are - some families are tight, others are blown away like dandelion puffs. a main value in minnesota is still: don't waste my time, don't b.s. me, i wasn't born yesterday.
    Yesterday Puff Minnesota
    I'm a lucky guy. i get to sit around every day and indulge in make believe and get paid for it.
    Believe Indulge In Guy
    Nothing that readers say or do strikes me as a nuisance. anyone who cracks open a book of mine is, to me, a gem.
    Book Cracks Nuisance
    Writing is the main gig and teaching and performing are sidelines, an excuse for not writing more. working on a novel and on an opera make me seriously want to retire and find a volunteer job as a docent at the zoo explaining to schoolchildren where frogs go in the winter.
    Jobs Zoos Teaching
    There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. books and authors became my family.
    Book Writing Fiction
    You don't want to get that sort of sound in your writing that boing that gives you away.
    Writing Giving Sound
    I think that you are only obliged to be a humorist from the age of 18 until you turn 30. past the age of 30 i don't think there is any obligation to be clever at all.
    Clever Thinking Past
    When you come to expect humor of people, you will never get it.
    People
    I usually don't work with other people; i do the whole show myself.
    People Shows Whole
    Sometimes you have to avoid mentioning things because people's feelings are tender.
    People Feelings Sometimes
    I write on a laptop, so it's impossible to count drafts anymore.
    Writing Laptops Impossible
    I like to sing and it's just really fun to sing, and i don't get too much. and at my house i'm not allowed to because, you know, your children can't stand it when you sing at home.
    Children Fun Home
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