Quotes about american-novelist
american-novelist
This would not be a problem if I were driving a snowplow. Aaron Allston
american-novelist
The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
american-novelist trade
Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in.
american-novelist
Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
american-novelist government people
The government serves the people - not vice-versa.
american-novelist four hours
At most I'll spend three or four hours daily, sometimes less. Anne Tyler
american-novelist several tons
Several tons of dynamite are set off in this picture - none of it under the right people. James Agee
american-novelist art built temple words
The temple of art is built in words.
american-novelist quit reading until
Until I quit writing and I don't know when that will be, I will always be reading something that has to do with what I'm working on. Dee Brown
american-novelist dream dreams given power work
You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. Richard Bach
american-novelist bad good immoral moral
What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. Ernest Hemingway
american-novelist
There's no one thing that is true. They're all true.
american-novelist carried good knew love spot
He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure. Harry Crews
american-novelist dream home southern walking
Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn't dream of interrupting you at golf. Harper Lee
american-novelist lived totally town
When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship.
american-novelist best left
The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out. Irwin Shaw
american-novelist
A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
american-novelist characters dramatic gets zone
There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic and is very challenging to describe. Jerry B. Jenkins
american-novelist burden freedom lose realize until
Until you lose your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. Margaret Mitchell
american-novelist call fits grew label people quite southern though writer
People always want to call me a Southern writer but though I grew up in the South, I don't feel that the label quite fits my work. Donna Tartt
american-novelist effort human language speak
Language is an archeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history. Russell Hoban
american-novelist dreams people
People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food. Dorothy Gilman
american-novelist singer
My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano.
american-novelist either last seeing though
Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Betty Smith
american-novelist earth either filled last seeing though time
Look at everthing as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
american-novelist fact few mention public somebody unwise versions
I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover. Jonathan Franzen
american-novelist correct
I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches. Patricia Highsmith
american-novelist
I want you all to stand; will you do that for me, please? James Dickey
american-novelist seen single sum thinking total words
Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing. Isaac Singer
american-novelist books both children exports major produce sarah
Our major exports are books and children, both of which we produce in abundance. The children are Laurence, Joanne, Sarah and Carry. Shirley Jackson
american-novelist flies leaves shadow time
Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind. Nathaniel Hawthorne
american-novelist book conception experience god
The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western. Orhan Pamuk
american-novelist purpose
I am not on this planet to get something done - the things we accomplish are expressions of our purpose. Paul Williams