What did Jane Smiley mean by: How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors. Jane Smiley Novelist · USA Copy
+ 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
+ People with good intentions never give up! Author, November 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Smiley, Optimism, Persistence, Resilience, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
Men are competent in groups that mimic the playground, incompetent in groups that mimic the family Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Competence, Dynamics, Groups, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Hungry ears are sharp ones. Author, October 17, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Smiley, Alertness, Hunger, Perception, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ An urban novelist never minds a little decay. Author, September 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Smiley, Acceptance, Decay, Urbanism, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
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
Your sons weren’t made to like you. That’s what grandchildren are for. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Legacy, Parenting, Relationships, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Creativity, Memory, Metaphor, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Don’t apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it. Walter Darby Bannard Painter · USA
