Well, I think some people are very happy in retirement. And in a year and a half I'm going to see how happy I feel in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to write as long as God gives me breath.
More Quotes by Jan Karon
I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.
My grandmother influenced me so deeply.
Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.
Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.
I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen.
For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread on the table, to have my work out there. Now I must write a book every two years, and that's never enough time, either.