Kevin Canty Quotes

United States, Novelist
January 17, 1953

Kevin Canty (born January 17, 1953) is an American novelist and short story writer. He is a faculty member in the English department at the University of Montana at Missoula, where he currently resides.

Also known as Writer

I would rather eat broken glass and drink iodine than do the dishes.

Kevin Canty
- Broken
The moment I'm interested in, the moment I'm working toward in these stories, is when the familiar world seems strange.

Kevin Canty
- World

If it's present in the life of the character, I'll write about it. Kitchen, bedroom, church, I'll follow a character wherever they go.

Kevin Canty
- Life
- Character
- Church
The sense of discovery only comes when I'm making discoveries alongside the reader. It feels crucial for me to not know too much about how things will turn out. So I try to develop strong characters with recognizable desires and put them together with other characters and see what happens.

Kevin Canty
- Together
- Strong