What did Jane Smiley mean by: I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty. Jane Smiley Novelist · USA Copy
I suspected that there were things he knew that I had been waiting all my life to learn. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Anticipation, Curiosity, Knowledge, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
I don’t know – is everything the U.S. does a shocking embarrassment? Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Criticism, Perception, Politics, 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
+ The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness. Author, July 14, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Smiley, Childhood, Fundamental, Powerlessness, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Deception, Delusion, Intentions, 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
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
A horse herd was, in its very essence, the manifestation of the expression ‘It’s always something. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Chaos, Nature, Persistence, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. François Rabelais Author · France
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It’s easier to fight one’s enemies than to get on with one’s friends. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
The time for reasoning is past; now’s the time to get steamed up and fight like mad. Jean Genet Playwright · France
