What did Jane Smiley mean by: A novelist is on the cusp between someone who knows everything and someone who knows nothing. Jane Smiley Novelist · USA Copy
English majors understand human nature better than economists do. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Economics, Literature, Psychology, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
The desire to write a novel is the single required prerequisite for writing a novel. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Desire, prerequisite, Writing, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Conflict, Cruelty, History, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Creation, Existence, Imperfection, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
My great fear is not that I’ll run out of ideas. It’s that I’ll run out of time. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Creativity, Fear, Time., 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Love is a general emotion. Marriage is exactingly specific. Author, July 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Smiley, Emotion, Love, Marriage, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book. Author, July 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Smiley, Comfort, Escape, Relaxation, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Not every novel that wants to be a tragedy gets to be one. Author, July 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Smiley, Aspiration, Disappointment, Failure, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
