Anthony Doerr (born 1973) is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See. Read full biography of Anthony Doerr →
I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a... →
I never played inside as a kid - even in the rain I'd go out.
For me it was perfect, because it wasn't a very competitive environment, and it was a studio program. They basically send you off, and say, bring... →
I guess whatever maturity is there may be there because I've been keeping a journal forever. In high school my friends would make fun of me -... →
Anyone who has spent a few nights in a tent during a storm can tell you: The world doesn't care all that much if you live or die.
It took me about three years to write About Grace. I wasn't teaching two of those years, so I was working eight-hour days, five days a week. And... →
Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more... →
I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it wasn't instantaneous, at all. I was getting a lot of rejections. I just got very... →
My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it... →
I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff.
I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job... →
I always told my dad I'd play professional football.
I guess you could say I've been writing all my life.
Anthony Doerr (born 1973) is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See.