Gail Godwin
Gail Godwin
Gail Godwinis an American novelist and short story writer. Godwin has written 14 novels, two short story collections, three non-fiction books, and ten libretti. Her primary literary accomplishments are her novels, which have included five best-sellers and three finalists for the National Book Award. Most of her books are realistic fiction novels that follow a character's psychological and intellectual development, often based on themes taken from Godwin's own life...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 June 1937
CountryUnited States of America
Who wanted to creep along in comfort when there was one chance in a thousand of flying?
How easy it was to make people happy, when you didn't want or need anything from them.
The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.
I confess, right at the start, to the doubts - and sometimes outright dreads - that go with me as I climb the stairs to my study in the morning, coffee mug in hand: I have to admit to the habitual apprehension mixed with a sort of reverence, as I light the incense . . . and wonder: what is going to happen today? Will anything happen? Will the angel come today?
Learning when 'enough is enough' is the discipline of a lifetime.
I believe that dreams transport us through the underside of our days, and that if we wish to become acquainted with the dark side of what we are, the signposts are there, waiting for us to translate them.
I believe that with enough practice and good faith, you can learn to recognize when the work is achieved.
Hope does not necessarily have to take an object ...
Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
The more you respect and focus on the singular and the strange, the more you become aware of the universal and infinite.
If there is such a thing as sin in this world, I think it must be shutting oneself up against hope.
None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime.
The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: There is a forward motion to yearning.
Negative people present us with an accelereted personal growth opportunity.