One must be just a little crazy to write a great novel. One must be capable of allowing the darkest, most ancient and shrewd parts of one’s being to take over the work from time to time.
What art ought to do is tell stories which are moment-by-moment wonderful, which are true to human experience, and which in no way explain human expe… - John Gardner
What art ought to do is tell stories which are moment-by-moment wonderful, which are true to human experience, and which in no way explain human expe…
- John Gardner
An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing i… - John Gardner
An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing i…
As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't. - John Gardner
As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't.
Art, of course, is a way of thinking, a way of mining reality. - John Gardner
Art, of course, is a way of thinking, a way of mining reality.
When people are serving, life is no longer meaningless. - John Gardner
When people are serving, life is no longer meaningless.
We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see image… - John Gardner
We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see image…
One of the many interesting challenges nature presents us is its apparent disinterest in maintaining the order humans crave. - John Gardner
One of the many interesting challenges nature presents us is its apparent disinterest in maintaining the order humans crave.
The citizen can bring our political and governmental institutions back to life, make them responsive and accountable, and keep them honest. No one el… - John Gardner
The citizen can bring our political and governmental institutions back to life, make them responsive and accountable, and keep them honest. No one el…
I know everything, you see,' the old voice wheedled. 'The beginning, the present, the end. Everything. You now, you see the past and the present, lik… - John Gardner
I know everything, you see,' the old voice wheedled. 'The beginning, the present, the end. Everything. You now, you see the past and the present, lik…
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