I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta. -Pat Conroy Imagination
I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell. -Pat Conroy Relationship
Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling. -Pat Conroy Imagination
I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don't understand how, or we wouldn't do it. But we're parents. So somehow we're damaging you, and I want you to know that early. So just ignore me when I go to that part of my parenting.' -Pat Conroy Parenting
