The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild, distant ringing of the fire bells woke George Hazard. He stumbled through the dark hallway, then upstairs to the mansion tower, and stepped outside into… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
“Why did people ignore the lessons of history and their own senses, deny a law of life immutable as the seasons, and erect twisted… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild, distant ringing of the fire bells woke George Hazard.… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish. — John Jakes Copy Share Image
No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck. — John Jakes Copy Share Image
The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land. — John Jakes Copy Share Image
“Yet how strong was friendship? Could it banish disagreement over a fundamental issue of human liberty—as if the issue and the disagreement didn’t exist?” — John Jakes Copy Share Image
Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily. — John Jakes Copy Share Image
Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn't be ashamed of, things to be… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
Going after anything worthwile in life entailed risk, of course. A man of ambition and courage didn't let that stop or delay him. A… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
“He could never be anything more than what he was: the inheritor of weakness and unbridled emotion, a creature possessed by the past, and… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open. — John Jakes Copy Share Image
