Tracy Kidder Quotes

Tracy Kidder — American Author born on December 12, 1945,

John Tracy Kidder is an American writer of nonfiction books. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his The Soul of a New Machine, about the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation. He has received praise and awards for other works, including his biography of Paul Farmer, a doctor and anthropologist, titled Mountains Beyond Mountains... (wikipedia)

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.

What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives.

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression.

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.