Latest Tim Cahill Quotes from Interviews

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• A constant ongoing joke among the people that I travel with is my absolutely hopeless sense of direction. I'm able to get lost a half an hour from camp. I don't know how I do this.

  Tim Cahill

  People, Ongoing, Half

• It occurred to me that for a long time I tried not to write about my own backyard and my home. I suppose I was selfishly keeping it to my self. And in doing so, I was never able to get out into this incredible wilderness area - by the way, I live right at the edge of the most incredible wilderness area probably in the northern hemisphere.

  Tim Cahill

  Home, Writing, Self

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• My concept of drama requires obstacles, and there's no obstacles in comfort.

  Tim Cahill

  Drama, Comfort, Obstacles

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• I see many people trying to write well about the wilderness, and essentially failing. To me there are basically two aspects of a failed outdoor story. One is the phony epiphany on the mountain top.

  Tim Cahill

  Writing, Two, People

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Many people go into the wilderness to experience it, and if they experience it in comfort, there's very little in a literary sense for them to write about.

  Tim Cahill

  Writing, People, Comfort

  Source: www.motherjones.com